Posted on 12/30/2004 10:01:15 AM PST by Keith Burwell
It's pretty disgusting to see those people wearing OBL shirts and taking aid from us. But, just how much aid will the people on the ground get and how much will the terrorists get?
Are there more ?
Well, yeah, of course. Exploitation takes time to set up.
I join in prayer for all of you and those you love and are missing!
Nailed that one nicely, thank you. As an Australian, the Aceh situation always made me very very nervous. As 'they' say, 'tis an ill wind indeed that brings no one any good'. The natives in Papua also want to live and they are Christians, targets for islamic fundamentalists who consider them 'children of the devil' because they wear few clothes, dance and sing.
Perhaps while Indonesia has bigger problems to take care of, the Papuans can have some peace. The indigenous people of Papua don't deserve to die simply because they wear penis gourds and feathers in their hair...and sing Christian songs in pidgin english.
Thanks for the ping!
That's the point. We will give these people our help and our prayers. Because we are a good people. And we are good because the majority of Americans believe in being Christlike. Don't take my comments as those coming from a religious fanatic. What I meant in my original post is that because this country was founded the way it was we see the right and wrong of things. If we didn't imagine what we could do with the power and technolgy we have controlled for so long.
Thank you.
That's who we gave to. According to their website, and according to an acquaintance of mine in Malaysia, Salvation Army is deeply involved in the relief effort.
I read this article earlier..Drudge changed the title.
I used to think muslims were just pissed off at everyone because they lived in that sweaty armpit of the world, the Middle-East.
But it appears that even when they live on an island paradise, they still have their turbans in a twist.
I guess...it must be the religion? ;^)
That 400,000 figure is going to be LOW. "
Well, ANYTHING's possible when everything is factored in, but I interpreted the 400k number to be deaths from the flooding alone.
mind-boggling.
Hmm, didnt hear it anywhere else. Why could that be?
Here's strange Google:
Results 1 - 10 of about 666,000 for Worst disasters. (0.24 seconds).
It shows up 666,000 hits for "WORST Disasters" That is wild, weird stuff.
The satellite pics are pretty persuasive, I guess.
I think the problem with my theory is that it assumes the government tilt toward higher initial casualties. For every country except Indonesia, I believe this is the case. For Indonesia, however, I think there country is closed enough and paranoid enough that they may try to cover up some of the damage (although the pressure behind the relief effort may blunt this).
Kinda like disasters in the Soviet Union were the opposite of this proxy. You had to multiply the death figures by 10.
The oil- and gas-rich region of Aceh is located on the northern tip of Sumatra, Indonesia. Aceh has a population of 4.3 million and has historically been staunchly Islamic. On 1 January 2002, as part of a wide-ranging autonomy package that the Indonesian government hoped would appease separatists, Aceh was granted the right to adopt Islamic law.
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