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Sep. 23rd, 2001 12:27 amI saw on the news today that Congress has authorised a $15 billion bailout to the airline industry -- $5 billion in cash, the remainder in loans.
Am I the only one who thinks that this should be contingent upon each airline which receives funds sending several 767s to Pakistan in order to airlift civilian Afghani refugees the righteous fuck out of there?
(Yes, obviously there are problems with this idea. No doubt terrorists would sneak aboard along with the innocents. But I keep seeing footage of thousands of Afghan refugees kissing their cities goodbye, and I wonder what's going to happen to them in the coming weeks.)
Am I the only one who thinks that this should be contingent upon each airline which receives funds sending several 767s to Pakistan in order to airlift civilian Afghani refugees the righteous fuck out of there?
(Yes, obviously there are problems with this idea. No doubt terrorists would sneak aboard along with the innocents. But I keep seeing footage of thousands of Afghan refugees kissing their cities goodbye, and I wonder what's going to happen to them in the coming weeks.)