Let me get this straight: We don’t have the funds for tours of the White House, BUT we can mount an effort to send millions in aid to a country that threw us out several years ago and now harbors a large muslim terrorist network?
I think this is a private effort — not tax dollars.
It is a private effort.
I had a negative impression of them, because I heard about them a while back on one of the alphabet news stations that my wife was watching.
I admit there was something about it that didn’t sit right with me, but likely it was because one of the networks was covering it in a way that distinctly sounded to me like they were suggesting we should be using our military the way these guys were conducting themselves instead of a defense force. That was just my gut feeling, and I have to recognize that negativity was far more focused on the network covering it than the task those people were doing.
And saying that, I don’t have anything bad to say about people who spend their own time and money to help folks who need help. I just have a knee-jerk reaction to the media covering anything and invoking the military.
Let me get this straight: We don’t have the funds for tours of the White House, BUT we can mount an effort to send millions in aid to a country that threw us out several years ago and now harbors a large muslim terrorist network?
As I understand it the U.S., Obama, have offered the Philippines a wopping 20 million dollars in aid, think about that, Obama gives more money to our sworn enemies than an ally that has suffered a major natural disaster and over 10,000 deaths. Maybe you could focus you anger in better direction. And as far as harboring muslim terrorists? Our current administration has been doing a bang up job right here in America!
“harbors a large muslim terrorist network”
Wrong. The RP does not “harbor a large muslim terrorist network”
The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991 basically sealed the fate of US involvement in the Phils after Clarke AFB and Subic Bay Naval Yard and AFB were destroyed by the eruption of Pinatubo although it was not the sole reason.
Perhaps it’s time the Filipino’s consider re-engaging their relationship with the US, a country that is loved by most Filipino people. Especially older one’s who remember the sacrifices made by our military to drive out the Japanese in WW2
Ironically, Tacloban City, which was hardest hit by the Hurricane is where MacArthur famously stated “I shall return”
Might be a good time to go back to our previous relationship with the Philippines, but not while President Assbama is in office.
And I will be sending what I can afford to help out as ten’s of thousand’s may have died and many more have been left homeless.
Saw some pics today. Many where terrible, but other pics were inspiring as they showed Filipino people already rebuilding the modest Nipa huts they lived in, unlike those lazy ingrates in NOLA that sat around and did nothing but blame GWB and say “GIMME!” while spending their $2,000 assistance cards on luxury items.