I mean MSNPC, wait MSNBC
Just no ...... Joy ...... I guess you could say
Posted on 03/31/2025 5:46:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BANGKOK — Chinese rescuers have freed six people from the rubble of an earthquake in Myanmar, including a child and a pregnant woman, Chinese state media reported Monday, placing Beijing at the forefront of an international rescue effort from which the United States has been largely absent.
Rescue teams from India, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand and other countries have already arrived in Myanmar.
But a U.S. team has yet to appear at the scene of the quake in the Southeast Asian nation, which occurred the same day the State Department informed thousands of employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which administers civilian foreign aid, that nearly all of their roles were being eliminated.
Critics have warned that President Donald Trump’s cuts to U.S. foreign aid, which had previously accounted for less than 1% of the annual federal budget, could create an opening for authoritarian governments such as China and Russia that are trying to increase their global influence.
The U.S. Embassy in Myanmar, one of the world’s poorest countries, said Sunday in a post on X that the U.S. would provide up to $2 million in aid through Myanmar-based humanitarian assistance organizations.
The embassy also said that a USAID emergency response team was “deploying to Myanmar to identify the people’s most pressing needs, including emergency shelter, food, medical needs, and access to water.”
But the U.S. absence is being felt on the ground in Myanmar, a country of 54 million people that, in addition to the earthquake, has been embroiled in a civil war for four years.
“We’ve seen a broad cut in humanitarian aid, that’s undeniable,” Trevor Clark, UNICEF’s regional chief of emergency, told NBC News in Bangkok on Monday.
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5 bylines!
Full court press for USAID!!
Myanmar isn’t a bastion of democracy and human rights. Let thugs take care of thugs.
They should, it’s their backyard, not ours.
Took FIVE people to write this bullsh!t?
Must be a union shop.
As far as other countries stepping up.....GOOD it’s about time the rest of the world had some skin in the game.
They really hate that the spigot has been turned off.
And I'd expect that the US would lead aid efforts in THIS hemisphere.
Nothing But Crap.
“As Trump guts foreign aid, China and others lead Myanmar earthquake response”
If Trump gave Burma a DIME, he’d be impeached the next day as Burma doesn’t take jack from the Neocons.
Well, we know how benevolent the Chinese government is, don’t we?
“NBC”...that’s alI I needed to see to stop reading!
It’s time for the world to ‘grow up’ and start taking care of themselves and their neighbors...
Are the Deep States rushing aid helping the citizenry...
Or are they propping up the junta.
Betcha it’s the latter...
Especially given where the worst of the damage is located.
Note the timing of the coup that took place in Myanmar...
Feb 1, 2021.
That timing was not a coinkydink.
The article contradicts itself.
As we would expect from a 5 author hit piece.
Myanmar is also in the midst of an active civil War. The military junta resumed bombing areas within hours after the earthquake. Why should we put American lives at risk in such a place, especially when it’s in China’s backyard?
Did you see this?
“Window cleaning guy had the come to Jesus moment … he survived.“
https://x.com/mylordbebo/status/1905987843236696488?s=46&t=oXM3QUNDayEotvdo1W-zQA
Agreed. Glad to hear all is as it should be.
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