Text 7048, 84 rader
Skriven 2005-01-07 01:41:07 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
   Kommentar till text 7030 av Gary Braswell (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Tsunami Disaster Relief
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Gary Braswell -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 GB> The good news is radical muslim groups have promised to not shoot US
 GB> forces involved in humanitarian work.

That is a good thing. Some "muslim leaders" have come out and called the
tsunami a warning from Allah. One claims it was because of the sins of the
infidels in the resorts hit. Another said it was because the many muslims in
the area have not followed Sharia law and need to repent.

 GB> 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
 GB> 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
 GB> 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
 GB> 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
 GB> 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
 GB> 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>

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