I may have misunderstood, but I think that most Republican candidates did not want to send Humanitarian Aid to other countries - they wanted to look after their own.

Where is the "Love your  neighbour in this?"

As I was walking home from Occupy Moncton, I passed a building surrounded by a very medieval looking iron fence - and I wondered...

If this were the home of a cruel baron who tied women to the fence, and whipped one every day, leaving her overnight tied to the iron railing, would sneaking up at night and applying some appointment be considered an adequate Christian response?

we live in a world very much like that "baron's" railing, only worse with mass murder, plundering, greed, imposed starvation...

I know we send aid.

Obama has been providing military  aid to countries that use children fifteen and under as soldiers. For now, it is Yemen and Congo. The list is due to be expandded soon. The law it breaks is Child Protection Act, 2006).

Canadian bombers are doing mass killing of civilians in Libya.

But I guess neither of these is a religious issue. I've checked. There[s nowhere Jesus says we should have child soldiers or shouldn't bomb people.

Well? When did you last hear about Haiti in the news? How many houses have been built? How many people are still camping out? How is food and medical help coming along?  Why do we need so many troops there? Aristide kept peace in the country with no army at all. Why is Canada there?