Text 7030, 77 rader
Skriven 2005-01-06 19:55:59 av Gary Braswell (1:123/789.0)
   Kommentar till text 7015 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Tsunami Disaster Relief
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The good news is radical muslim groups have promised to not shoot US forces
involved in humanitarian work.

Ed Hulett -> Gary Braswell wrote:
 EH> Gary Braswell -> LEE LOFASO wrote:

 GB>> Why is it embarrassing to Americans?

 EH> It isn't. With the Abe Lincoln and other US warships there helping out
 EH> the actual "value" of US aid is in the trillions.

 GB>> Because another country did more as a percentage of their GNP than we?

 EH> The left likes to point that out alot. They think it really means
 EH> something.

 GB>> Who is getting the food there now?

 EH> The US.

 GB>> Is the Japanese Navy there in force and the JDF handing out the
 GB>> supplies? Is the Japanese Air Force dropping food and medical supplies
 GB>> to remote areas? The Indonesian military is not known for its
 GB>> humanitarian practices. I can see them risking their lives to save the
 GB>> same people they kill, can't you?

 EH> Doh!

 GB>> How about the rest of the list?

 GB>> Why don't you put the effort forward to include the cost of a battle
 GB>> group being there and operating on a large scale and growing? You seem
 GB>> to have gone to great pains to work out the math if it looks bad
 EH> for the
 GB>> US, be fair, figure in those costs as well.

 EH> That would put the lie to his rant.

 GB>> How do we know if the Japanese will even pony it all up? Even the UN
 GB>> stated don't get too exited, often nations go back on their
 EH> pledges. We
 GB>> have the example of the 1st Gulf War for that.

 EH> True. Many coutries will make a large pledge for political purposes.
 EH> After the disaster is over and the bill comes due they "forget" they
 EH> pldged so much.

 GB>> Heck, some of these countries hit ran out into the streets en masse to
 GB>> celebrate us getting hit in 9/11.

 EH> True.

 GB>> I wonder how they would have felt if we emptied our homes celebrating
 GB>> their people getting annihilated by an act of God. There are concerns
 GB>> that some of these radical groups may decide to take advantage of US
 GB>> forces being there to shoot them.

 EH> So far, that hasn't happened.

 GB>> I'd say we are doing pretty good.

 EH> We are doing extremely good. Whenever there is a need, the US is there
 EH> helping whether a natural disaster or other disaster.

 GB>> LEE LOFASO -> ALL wrote:

 EH> A lot of drivel...

 EH> <drivel snipped>

 EH> Ed

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