[Americanwolf]

agreed Russian has made ovatures of help ealier today, but that has been the only one that I have heard.

I think the reality of this will settle in over the next few days when the body count start rolling out. I think the only reason that the Government (fed and state) have not release anything yet, is that they do not want to create a rush of people to the area trying to find out about family members or create a panic in those states.

I wonder if once the #'s are out if the international wallet will come out? I doubt it unfortunatly...

[Tom Thumbs]

agreed Russian has made ovatures of help ealier today, but that has been the only one that I have heard.

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They swallowed their pride and accepted our help a few weeks ago. I think there is something in the Russian cultural ethic that feels a debt to us for what we did for them. It would probably be an insult for us to refuse their kind offer. And I'm just about cynical enough to bet we do reject it.

I'm of the belief that you take your friends where you find them. In this world, we've got damn few enough. England, Israel, Poland... anyone else I missed? Oh, right, the PEOPLE in other countries -- prime example, Cuba -- but the GOVERNMENTS are another story.

If Russia is willing to extend a hand to help us, I hope we are gracious enough to accept it.