February 13, 2005: Headlines: Presidents - Kennedy: National Service: Speaking Out: Expansion: Coastal Post: Since 1961 only 178,000 PCVs have served, far from the yearly million Kennedy envisioned serving throughout the world from 1970 onward. Had visionary leadership pushed Americans to order our elected employees into invading today's trouble spots with millions of cost effective Peace Corps Volunteers, we wouldn't today be grieving over dead and maimed brave Americans
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February 13, 2005: Headlines: Presidents - Kennedy: National Service: Speaking Out: Expansion: Coastal Post: Since 1961 only 178,000 PCVs have served, far from the yearly million Kennedy envisioned serving throughout the world from 1970 onward. Had visionary leadership pushed Americans to order our elected employees into invading today's trouble spots with millions of cost effective Peace Corps Volunteers, we wouldn't today be grieving over dead and maimed brave Americans
Since 1961 only 178,000 PCVs have served, far from the yearly million Kennedy envisioned serving throughout the world from 1970 onward. Had visionary leadership pushed Americans to order our elected employees into invading today's trouble spots with millions of cost effective Peace Corps Volunteers, we wouldn't today be grieving over dead and maimed brave Americans
Since 1961 only 178,000 PCVs have served, far from the yearly million Kennedy envisioned serving throughout the world from 1970 onward. Had visionary leadership pushed Americans to order our elected employees into invading today's trouble spots with millions of cost effective Peace Corps Volunteers, we wouldn't today be grieving over dead and maimed brave Americans
Intelligence Counts
By Duayne Hunn
[Excerpt]
Many, who today push sending our soldiers to die, be maimed, and psychologically scarred in Iraq, were among those who long hindered foreign aid strategies and sending an army that would have bloodlessly buried those who are today's raving terrorists.
Maintaining each of today's 1.4 million soldiers costs $297,000, without factoring in roughly $250+ billion of supplemental Iraq and Afghanistan appropriations and soaring later pension and medical costs. Fielding each of today's 7,733 Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) in 72 countries costs $40,000, and they do not burden future budgets with pension or medical costs.
The last time a PCV worked in terrorist laden Pakistan was 1967. From 1961-67, only 462 worked in agriculture, health, and rural development in both East (now Bangladesh) and West Pakistan.
The last time a PCV worked in Osama's Afghanistan haven was 1979. From 1962-1979, only 1,739 worked in education and health.
The last time a PCV worked in going-nuclear, fundamentalist dominated Iran was 1976. From 1962-1976, only 1,863 worked in agriculture, education and engineering.
A PCV has never served in "evil" spheres such as Iraq, North Korea or Cuba; or in beads of "holiness" like Palestine or Israel.
In North Africa and the Middle East, PCVs have only served in Morocco and Jordan. A count of heads from Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan totals well over a half billion. Yearly, since 1961, an average of only 184 PCVs have worked amidst them or one for each 84,000, among whom America's motives are increasingly questioned.
Since 1961 only 178,000 PCVs have served, far from the yearly million Kennedy envisioned serving throughout the world from 1970 onward.
Had visionary leadership pushed Americans to order our elected employees into invading today's trouble spots with millions of cost effective National Service PCVs, we wouldn't today be grieving over dead and maimed brave Americans. We wouldn't be staring over the fiscal and trade deficits cliffs that portends the fall of America's ascendancy.
When this story was posted in February 2005, this was on the front page of PCOL:
| The Peace Corps Library Peace Corps Online is proud to announce that the Peace Corps Library is now available online. With over 30,000 index entries in over 500 categories, this is the largest collection of Peace Corps related reference material in the world. From Acting to Zucchini, you can use the Main Index to find hundreds of stories about RPCVs who have your same interests, who served in your Country of Service, or who serve in your state. |
| WWII participants became RPCVs Read about two RPCVs who participated in World War II in very different ways long before there was a Peace Corps. Retired Rear Adm. Francis J. Thomas (RPCV Fiji), a decorated hero of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2005 at 100. Mary Smeltzer (RPCV Botswana), 89, followed her Japanese students into WWII internment camps. We honor both RPCVs for their service. |
| Bush's FY06 Budget for the Peace Corps The White House is proposing $345 Million for the Peace Corps for FY06 - a $27.7 Million (8.7%) increase that would allow at least two new posts and maintain the existing number of volunteers at approximately 7,700. Bush's 2002 proposal to double the Peace Corps to 14,000 volunteers appears to have been forgotten. The proposed budget still needs to be approved by Congress. |
| RPCVs mobilize support for Countries of Service RPCV Groups mobilize to support their Countries of Service. Over 200 RPCVS have already applied to the Crisis Corps to provide Tsunami Recovery aid, RPCVs have written a letter urging President Bush and Congress to aid Democracy in Ukraine, and RPCVs are writing NBC about a recent episode of the "West Wing" and asking them to get their facts right about Turkey. |
| Ask Not As our country prepares for the inauguration of a President, we remember one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century and how his words inspired us. "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." |
| Latest: RPCVs and Peace Corps provide aid Peace Corps made an appeal last week to all Thailand RPCV's to consider serving again through the Crisis Corps and more than 30 RPCVs have responded so far. RPCVs: Read what an RPCV-led NGO is doing about the crisis an how one RPCV is headed for Sri Lanka to help a nation he grew to love. Question: Is Crisis Corps going to send RPCVs to India, Indonesia and nine other countries that need help? |
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