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  • Report from Diplomad - foreign service person in SE Asia

    01/02/2005 9:12:08 PM PST · by Elkiejg · 38 replies · 708+ views
    Diplomad blog ^ | 1/3/05 | Diplomad
    Monday, January 03, 2005 almost fUNnny . . . Day 9 of the tsunami crisis. I know I had promised to lay off the UN for a bit . . . but I can't. As one reader commented on a previous Diplomad posting on the UN, "it's like watching a train wreck" -- you know it's horrible, but you've just got to look at it. In this part of the tsunami-wrecked Far Abroad, the UN is still nowhere to be seen where it counts, i.e., feeding and helping victims. The relief effort continues to be a US-Australia effort, with Singapore...