Pakistani flood victims' anger at US

BBC ^ | 8/21/2010 | Jill McGivering

[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.

[Taylor42]

We hate everything about you, America. Now give us money.

Doesn't that sound like the same manure we hear from the inner cities?

[TigersEye]

Then suddenly pictures came out of Abi Grahib prison, with pyramids of nude men, men paraded around by little female Lyndee with a cigarette in her puss.

Ridiculous liberal claptrap is exactly what that is. Jihadis from around the region flooded into Iraq, even before Abu Grahib, to join with the Muslim extremists in Iraq. Not to mention the extremists sent in by Iran. Your contention is ludicrous and an insult to everyone's intelligence.

You haven't changed, aShepard. Still a shill for all things liberal.

[beebuster2000]

Sorry. We spent out budget on drones. That’s kind of like helping , isnt it?

[roadcat]

I’ll send them some bibles and bacon. There, the US cares!

[Grizzled Bear]

You haven't changed, aShepard. Still a shill for all things liberal.

"aShepard?" I thought it was "Dane!"

Check its' post #80. I wonder who Roger Spence is? If there really is a "Roger," I bet he wouldn't be happy with the Noobster posting his name and location in connection with lib-bilge.

[Undocumented_capitalist]

Has’nt hindered world’s largest democracy, India, any!

[TigersEye]

His profile page says he was aShepard. Could be Dane too but I think Dane was a lot more obnoxious.

[Pining_4_TX]

So, where’s that Muslim equivalent of the Red Cross, the Red Crescent? Why aren’t the other Muslim countries helping out?

[Shadowstrike]

you are so right.

Gee, I thought ‘America’ was the great Evil of the world, and now they want our help?

My give a damn is busted

[Shadowstrike]

If you are really this naive, then I pity you.

[airborne]

If we are able to show the Paki’s that the US stands behind their misery, and truly wishes to help them out, the potential goodwill may just pay itself back many, many times over.

You forgot the sarcasm tag.

[bboop]

Isn’t it really Bush’s fault? Maybe just maybe bitter blame and griping isn’t the way to get a gift. Maybe just maybe we’d like to see some git-going on the part of the whiners, any whiners, somewhere, anywhere.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Non-head-choppers get more help from Americans than head-choppers. It’s just a fact.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I thought we gave generously in the case of the Tsunami.

[airborne]

The US has donated $90 million so far.

I can’t find any info on how much oil rich, Muslim countries have given.

Angelina Jolie sent $100,000.00. How about you?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

If they give up the Verse of the Sword, my wallet is open.

[NOBO2]

Why doesn’t Bammie give them the $535 million he is doling out to Senegal next month?

[airborne]

"The World Bank declared in a press release on August 16 that it would send 900 million dollars to Pakistan to help the country recover from the floods. It did not specify when the money would be sent. That is more than the 100 million dollars in aid money initially announced after the earthquake in Haiti. But the institution explained in July that it had ended up “giving 479 million dollars in support of the reconstruction of Haiti”.

And just who do you think will be footing the lion's share of that $900 million? Saudi Arabia ???? Doubtful...

[TigersEye]

If they give up the Verse of the Sword, my wallet is open.

Very well said. Until they do that they should receive nothing but the sword.

[balch3]

take this story with a grain of salt. I saw another report, I think it was in the Guardian, that talked about how US aid had caused a lot of Pakistanis to change their attitude. You can always find somebody who will say what you want them to say.