Why won't Bush go to africa and help the countrie that are asking for his help?

Question

i support bush and the troops but i cannot understand this. ad please no stupid answers like "he is a doodoo head" and "cuz he's a retard". i am looking for some facts here.

people please don't get mad at me! i'm not trying to ask this in a pro- or anti-bush way. i'm just asking the question. and i had not heard anything anywhere about the AIDS money from bush. that's good info to have.

Answer 1

Bureau of African Affairs



Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer leads the Bureau of African Affairs, the division of the Department of State that advises the Secretary about sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Frazer believes that we are living in an historic window of opportunity. For example, in the last five years, we have seen belligerence yield to negotiation in six contentious settings: Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the North-South element of the Sudan crisis. Formerly divided by conflict, Burundi now has an elected government up and running. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is likewise moving beyond transition to laying the groundwork for elections in June. This is an historical shift. In the years ahead, African leaders face three key challenges: consolidating democratic gains, expanding economic growth, and stemming the spread of HIV/AIDS.


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Good Governance: Africa does not suffer a democracy deficit. More than two-thirds of sub-Saharan African countries have had democratic elections since 2000. Power has changed hands in a number of nations, from Senegal to Tanzania, and from Ghana to Zambia. So, elections have been a success. Over the next two to three years, the goal is to move beyond elections as the measure of freedom, and toward supporting African efforts to fortify government accountability. Good governance is an essential prerequisite for any other social changes.
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Economic Might: The strength inherent in responsive, free governments is complemented by economic might. Strong countries need dynamic economies, which require accountability and transparency. Successful economies also typically welcome foreign investment and trading relationships. The U.S. supports trade as a means of increasing stability and prosperity, while also bringing nations closer. For these reasons, the U.S. formalized our trading relationship with sub-Saharan Africa, enshrined in the African Growth and Opportunity Act, commonly known as AGOA. Thirty-seven African nations currently participate in AGOA. Trade creates jobs, and economic opportunity offers hope.
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New Way to Aid: The Bush Administration has pioneered a new innovative approach to aid, through the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA). The MCA program seeks out countries that have already implemented economic reforms and good governance programs. It partners with these countries to help transform their economies and fight poverty. Half of the countries eligible for funding under the President's innovative multi-billion dollar initiative are in Africa, including: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ghana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, and Tanzania.
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Health Care: Since 2001, the U.S. has moved aggressively to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS, while also caring for those who are already infected. The Presidents' Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the key tool in this fight. PEPFAR is a $15 billion program with a five-year horizon that includes bilateral programs in more than 100 countries. PEPFAR includes 15 'focus countries,' 12 of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. Within the focus countries, the goal is provide treatment to 2 million HIV infected individuals, prevent 7 million new infections, and provide care to 10 million individuals already infected with - or affected by - HIV/AIDS. The Emergency Plan is on track to meet those goals. As of March 31, 2006, more than 552,000 people in African focus countries were receiving U.S.-supported treatment.

Answer 2

Bush has supported and pledged more aid to those countries than the entire world combined.
Where do you get your information? This was announced by the white house over a month ago.
The US and British donations are 428 times that of the rest of the world combined. Bush has lead the world in forgiving debt accrued by those same countries in addition to the cash and humanitarian supplies.

Answer 3

The United States has given more of your money to Africa than all the other nations of the world combined. It is never reported because it would make the Bush Administration look good, and that is something the liberal media doesn't want.

Answer 4

Why would we do that? We help everyone enough as it is. Africa is beyond help with the resources available in America. And our country needs it's own money. We have to take care of oursleves, we can't take care of everyone. Africa isn't a country that our country would give more AID to than we already have because there isn't anything that awful going on there, like in Iraq for instance.

Bush has more important things to worry about right now. He is doing a great job, I am glad I voted for him and I would do it again.

Bush Roxxxxxxx!!!!!!!

Answer 5

The United States is giving a ton of foreign aid to Africa along with the billions that has been dedicated for Aids. Do a search on US foreign aid and you will see the numbers. I was most surprised at seeing Chad on the list. This country has been voted the most corrupt nation on both the US and the Russians list of most corrupt nations.

Answer 6

His interest is solely on an economic basis for his country....which is not carrying out very well either. Africa is not the only one that needs help. Your next door neighbor is in crisis. And so are the countries further south. Even his own country needs help at a massive level but the focus on that is not economical. It's environmental. If he would give a crap about his children and his children's children he would help the world using those billions of dollars he took from education, medicaid, etc. to fund really important things.

-F.P.

Answer 7

simply because it would not help America in the long run. Don't get me wrong. I think that we should have more than UN Peacekeepers in Darfur, i think we need to send troops in their before many many more die. But in the end, it will help them and not America. We will have no finacial gains from it, nor will it help our hegomonic imperialistic front. Is this a wrong attitude for America to have, of course. yet it is the attitude. But it's not just Bush. Clinton had it with Rwanda as well...he says now that his biggest mistake in the office was not the "blue dress" but not acting on the Rwanda crisis. America is selfish is why...it's been that way, and unless things change, it will continue to be that way. hope that helps, but its just my opinion, as much as "cuz he's a retard" is someone else's opinion. hope i didnt waste your time.

Answer 8

In the immortal words of Brotha Kanye West:
President Bush doesnt care about black people!

Answer 9

Why don't the Italians, English, Spanish, French, Germans, and Dutch who colonized Africa for so long help???

Answer 10

we dont need to help the damn africans, I am tired of helping other countries for once I just want to help noone but the good ole' US of A . . F the africans and I hate Bush