Posted on 08/23/2010 7:13:51 PM PDT by Immerito
Displaced people are camping everywhere. Shelters of canvas and plastic sheeting line the edges of the highways linking Islamabad to Peshawar in the north-west of the country.
The roads are raised, a precious strip of dry land in a sea of stagnant floodwater and thick mud.
I stopped at one makeshift camp and a group of men rushed forward as soon as I got out of the car, crowding round.
One was a thin-faced man in his 40s called Iftikhar.
He pointed to the swamped ground beyond the railway tracks and the remains of his village. His house had been badly damaged, he said.
Even though the waters were starting to recede, it was too unstable for him to move back there with his six daughters.
We desperately need help from the government, so we can rebuild," he told me.
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jeez what for...wasnt our mud
Great. A 14th century country with nukes populated by democrats.
One man turned his anger on me: "What about your country?" he said, heatedly. "Why aren't you giving more?" "
Maybe because we're getting tired of bailing the rest of the world out, when we have some serious problems to address at home.
Is it just me, or are the taxpayers in the US getting tired of this crap?
It’s the UK’s fault for trying to impose Western Civilization on its former colonies.
I don’t know about anybody else, but I don’t feel obligated to help them. I feel sorry for them, but that’s about the best I can do.
Send them bacon.
Why didn’t India nuke them when they had the chance?
I'd be glad to donate money for a spay and neuter program. Reduced population would be a great benefit to them.
the feeling is mutual.
Kipling understood.
“Take up the white man’s burden...”
I'm sure he was referring to the US Government.
And a million recalled eggs.
The same unappreciative BS occurred with the SE Asia tsunami. I remember an interview with a forlorn fellow standing amid debris: “Where are the Americans?” Jeesh...do something for your own lousy selves and your own loser country. Leave the USA alone.
That is about it! They give us just enough “help” in the WOT to keep us in the game and preserve their cash flow. They will never give up Bin Laden. He is their Sasquatch or Abominable Snowman and provides a trade.
They are responsible for more than a few US deaths in Afghanistan and they can officially suck it.
I say round up the cattle, piss on the campfire and tell them to call UBL with all of their “needs”. Cap it off with a parting shot of Chuck You Farley!
I am really starting to scare myself when Ron Paul is starting to sound plausible on the issue of foreign affairs.
What a bunch of hypocrites. They burn the American flag in their cities, kill Pakistani Christians, then come crying to US for help. Where are their “brother” Muslims from Sau’di-Occupied Arabia?
Too bad for them. If they are so religious what are they complaining about. After all, isn’t this Allah’s will? :-)
Aren’t these the same people that constantly complain about the U.S. and their “western values”? I mean you can’t have it both ways. Just a thought
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