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2005-09-03 Home Front: Economy

Shameful: Only 25 Nations Offer Help to the U.S.

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Posted by anonymous5089 2005-09-03 08:53|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 France wanted to help early on, but Chirac couldn't figure out how to support the Hurricane.

Posted by DMFD 2005-09-03 10:05|| 2005-09-03 10:05|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm sure Kofi and the UN will be the first on the scene ~~to take credit~~ just like with the Tsunami

... as soon as the 5-star hotels (and 24 hour catering services) are back up and running and we suspend those pesky pedophellia laws...

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-09-03 11:15|| 2005-09-03 11:15|| Front Page Top

#3 "Support" is actually a very complicated thing, and I cannot condemn many countries for not being able to offer it. The reason being the understanding of what countries are, and what government is, in the first place.

The two universal things a government must provide its people are protection from external and internal enemies. But with the advancement of democracy around the world, many nations and their armies have given up on aggressive war and solely focus on defense. That is, they can protect their own country, but they don't really have any significant capability or desire to project force outside of their country.

Look at the nations who are able and willing to commit "peacekeepers" around the world. A short list indeed, perhaps giving a hundred ill-equipped infantrymen to be supported by the US or some other 1st world country who are also deployed. And that small contribution still taxes their own nations' military.

And everybody knows that the US is NOT going to permit foreign troops on its soil. So what else could they send? Well, maybe things like specially trained dogs to help find trapped people and dead bodies. But only a few developed nations have anything like that, either.

Even China probably did the best thing it could have done by giving a contribution to the Red Cross. Even if their intentions weren't pristine, it was still perhaps the most effective thing they could have done. It actually will have an effect and help people.

But all told, it is a major dilemma of what other countries *could* do, that unlike empty gestures of "moral support" so beloved by the left, would have a practical and timely effect on the ground.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-03 11:41|| 2005-09-03 11:41|| Front Page Top

#4 I agree. The US can and will handle it alone. Just watch the money pour in from Americans themselves in the next couple of weeks and months.

Posted by Rafael 2005-09-03 13:25|| 2005-09-03 13:25|| Front Page Top

#5 NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced a $5 million contribution to the US Red Cross for relief and rehabilitation of the victims of the devastating Hurricane Katrina.

Posted by john 2005-09-03 15:39|| 2005-09-03 15:39|| Front Page Top

#6 The the leftists are crying how Bush is turning down offers of aid. What a shameful bunch of ignorant clowns.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-09-03 15:40|| 2005-09-03 15:40|| Front Page Top

#7 "This doesn't upset me." Doesn't upset me either.IT PISS'ME THE HELL OFF.

Posted by raptor 2005-09-03 16:22|| 2005-09-03 16:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Thank you, India. We could also divert all of the funds promised to the Paleo theftocratic killer corps as their contributions....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-09-03 16:56|| 2005-09-03 16:56|| Front Page Top

#9 john: NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced a $5 million contribution to the US Red Cross for relief and rehabilitation of the victims of the devastating Hurricane Katrina.

China has apparently also offered $5m.

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