[NHResident]

"Our humanitarian aid will probably be construed as another reason to hate us.' - to the Muslim's it (any kind of humanitarian act) is a clear sign of weakness deserving of contempt. It will be no different now.

[AnnaZ]

...to the Muslim's it (any kind of humanitarian act) is a clear sign of weakness deserving of contempt.

Certainly this is plausible in certain Saudis and distant mullahs (those who called the tsunami "just", for example), they no doubt feel such contempt -- and how sad that is. But that said, I hope that the following truth is more likely (locally) that which shall prevail in memory and influence:

 

As for the Indonesian officers, while their job is apparently to encourage our leaving as soon as possible, all they seem to do in the meantime is smoke cigarettes.  They want our money and our help but they don’t want their population to see that Americans are doing far more for them in two weeks than their own government has ever done or will ever do for them.