Indonesia is in no way our friend. The vast majority of that country's citizens see us as the enemy of Islam and they DO want us dead.
At the same time, a tragedy of this magnitude cannot be viewed as their comeuppance or as an excuse for our basic goodness as human beings being set aside.
All life is precious. We profess that when decry abortion and the beheadings of our people by muslim extremists and insurgents.
I would still not wish that Tsunami on my worst enemy, and perhaps history will remember us kindly. If not, at least G_d will, and that is all that really counts when the chips get cashed in.
Why can't you people leave that stuff for the thousands of other threads on FR where Muslims ARE bashed?
This is a thread about 400,000 DEAD PEOPLE; it's very telling that you can't restrain yourself for ONE THREAD.
I do see a fundamental differences between us and them (them being not only the Arab Muslim terrorists but also the Indonesian Mulim terrrorists that set off bombs in Bali, etc.) but still my heart and prayers go out to all of these people affected by this disaster.
We do what we do because that's who and what we are.