61. He made it clear that he would try to write the military aid commitment into a Senate resolution of support for the operation. 62. He referred to resolutions that banned military aid to the Taliban but not to its armed opposition. 63. He said that U.S. military aid could be used against insurgents only if they are deemed to be assisting drug traffickers. 64. He said in an interview that until the army showed some accountability for past human rights abuses, military aid should be limited. 65. How thin does President Bush intend to spread American troops and military aid around the world to wage his battle against global terrorism? 66. In addition, he said, Cambodian government forces have begun to provide military aid to them for their war with the Pol Pot group. 67. In Colombia, which boasts the most brutal military in the hemisphere, American embassy officials have said they cannot always tell where all their military aid goes. 68. In recent decades, Washington has given little direct military aid to Mexico. 69. In Kosovo but even more now in Afghanistan, European offers of military aid were largely spurned by the Americans as of little benefit. 70. In Mexico, nationalist sentiment has long been strongly against any military aid from the United States. |