"RUSH: It's an interesting psychological question, is it not? I raised the same point in the last hour by pointing out that Saddam Hussein killed twice as many people as this tsunami has, maybe more."
But then on the other hand, poor old Saddam hasn't killed anywhere near the 1.5 million babies we kill every year.
There is something fishy about this whole picture. We may eventually spend $1 billion when you consider our military forces being used: a aircraft carrier here, a few ships there, and the costs begin to add up. Then outside of our government monies spent, you have private individuals who are digging deep into their pockets. All of this money is going out of country and not into our economy. DO WE HAVE A ECONOMIST DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? I THINK WE ARE SPENDING OUTSELVES TO OUR PERIL.
If you ask me, our nation's security is also being impacted by this disaster. Will we have the economic flexibility if we had new crisis of the military kind? What if North Korea were to invade South Korea? What if China were to invade Taiwan? Such events would really cost us.