This is good to see. While I love America with all my heart we can tend to be a little too arrogant. It is wonderful to see so many other countries offering help and wonderful to see we will accept it.
To only be charitable to others and refuse to accept help when needed is very prideful. I will be happy to see my country humble itself and accept help. Those people down there need all the help they can get. I fear it will only get worse.
I realize this is a common taunt, and a trite phrase. It is very popular with academia, and the media.
Are some (and I emphasize some) Americans arrogant? Yes. I have served and traveled with them. I have also lived in Europe and the Middle East for years (not days or months--years). I will tell you that Americans are a much more humble lot than these overall, by far.
The problem is the white hot spotlight of the world is always on America, because of jealousy.
I apologize that I cannot be more eloquent on the matter, but that is that.
Thank you for this...I was just going to post something along the same lines, but I doubt I would have said it as well as you have. At a time like this, when others are willing to offer help we should be gracious enough to accept it with thanks.
Nah...screw them....let's just buy their squalid little countries and turn them into amusement parks for our pleasure....
That wasn't too harsh, was it?
NeverGore :^)