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We are to blame for everything. What bulls^*t. And now we don't pay them enough. Fuck em and feed em grasshoppers.


Did you note the UN dude complaining about US aid, who hadn't checked his facts on who usually ends up paying the bill? I bet the US ends up paying about half of the money that actually gets to the affected people, as opposed to the bank accounts of one of Annan's relatives...

Speaking of whom - everyone complained Bush was going about it alone instead of leaving it to the UN. Of course, Annan wasn't at the UN - he was on vacation in WY and didn't come back for three days. And he won't have quite the same communications system as Bush has in Texas- maybe a cell phone.

There was one bright spot in terms of a government being organized and quick enough to get the beaches cleared before the tsunami arrived. Kenya reacted efficiently, did the right things for the right reasons, and got the job done. Yes, they did have more time, but I'm not sure India would have succeeded given a week of warning. It's possible Thailand might have reacted correctly in 24 hours. As it stands it looks like only Kenya passed the test.
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