Posted on 12/27/2004 2:04:39 PM PST by ejdrapes
I was watching CNN's Inside Politics today (no transcript up yet) and they had a panel on - someone from the Washington Post, LA Times (Ron Brownstein) and Time magazine (Karen Tumulty). They were discussing our response to the disaster and the host of the program mentioned that the UN called our response "stingy". Then the panel went on to talk about how we "fumbled" this and were basically AWOL for one day. This just really made my blood boil. What have other countries done? The Brits say over 10,000 of their citizens were on holiday in that area. It's a large tourist area for Europeans. Where's the criticism of the EU and its member nations? And do we really have to play politics at a time like this?
You are so right.
I'm sure it is no coincidence that English-speaking goes hand-in-hand with Christianized, when it comes to nations as a whole.
It is the morals and standards of Christianized nations (whether the majority are still Bible believing Christians or not) that are the first to respond with help.
So now we know why UN officials are so concerned about the US contributing aid. They want their little playground to be rebuilt quickly in time for their next vacation.
Thailand has alway been a close friend and supporter of the United States, more so than the Palestinans or the Africans.
And yet the United States thinks nothing to drop millions, or in the case of Africa billions into both of those bottomless pits.
Got that right.
Can you please summarize or quote as, while I appreciate the heads up, it is 48-minutes long and I'd rather not listen to that BS.
Thanks
We'll just grit our collective teeth and do what needs to be done. I AM getting real tired of this turd-world crap, though.
I don't think so. It's just a new energy drink on the market, but the name causes the jokes to write themselves!
"Maybe all those delegates should have six months in Moscow and then six months in New York, and it would give them an opportunity to see two ways of life. I think the gentleman [Charles Lichenstein] who spoke the other day had the hearty approval of most people in America in his suggestion that we weren’t asking anyone to leave, but if they chose to leave, good-bye." President Ronald Reagan, 21 Sep. 1983 press conference, in response to Amb. Lichenstein's remarks. source
But like a bad relative that, not taking the hints, stayed too long after Christmas, perhaps it is time to encourage them to go.
nice...ditto those remarks, for sure.
I don't care what the the un thinks...
what is amazing to me - some of these countries are not themselves poor. not that we shouldn't help of course, but Indonesia has oil revenues, India certainly has money (and plenty of US IT jobs), Thailand too - yet they don't even seem to be able to muster up 50 helicopters and basic medical supplies.
Let me try to explain. I wasnt saying that the US should not contribute. What I said was the reason the United Nations officials are so high on getting aid funds there quickly is so they could rebuild their personal vacation playground before their next vacation. The little Asian vacation paradise described is just the kind of place that third world dictators and UN administrators would go to play on their vacations along with all the Euro trash that hate America. They certainly wouldnt want to spend any money in the USA.
Simple. I was trashing the UN officials like the loudmouth who crticised the US today for being "stingy", not the government or people of Thailand.
You make some good points. I imagine the answer lies in their medical care and general infrastructures being fairly primitive. Then again, I could be wrong...
Nicely put.
Somehow, the "English-Speaking Civilizations" are EXPECTED TO "Bail the Rest of Humanity Out of Whatever Disaster Befalls Them;"--and the "Rest of Humanity" assumes that we OWE THEM "Whatever It Takes" to "Rescue Them" from WHATEVER TRAGEDY has befallen them.
Like the "Chinese Version" of the "Good Samaritan Rule;"--'Having once Rescued Members of a Culture, we are NOW & FOREVER expected to "Bail Members of That Culture Out" when they get Themselves into furthur Trouble!!
SORRY; Western Culture says that YOU, (Saved By Us), OWE US!!
TO DATE, NO "Middle-eastern Culture" has offered to EVEN THANK US for the Gift of Freedom.
At the Sacrifice of the "Blood & Lives of our Young People," we have arranged for the TRUE POLITICAL FREEDOM of some FORTY MILLION PEOPLE--TO DATE, NOT ONE of those Forty Million has expressed ANY FORM of GRATITUDE so that the "International Community" could Comprehend the MAGNITUDE OF the "Gift" we SACRIFICED to bestow on the Afghanistani's & the Iraqi's!!
To Date, there is Little Evidence that EITHER NATION understands the VALUE of the Gift we have Given Them!
The TRAGEDY IS, AMERICA may NOT be able to "Bestow this "Gift" many more Times; our "Resources" can only stretch "so far!"
MAY Those we "Freed" understand the "Gift" they were given!
Doc
"Dan Rather ought to try and get his facts (gasp!)straight...Tsunamis have nothing to do with Global Warming
They are caused by earthquakes... "
What Rather I believe was blathering about was so-called higher sea levels from global warming making tsunamis worse.
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