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Originally Posted by MattLarson
Utter bullshit.
The US Navy was delivering aid to people who desperately needed it after the tsunami while the UN was still trying to figure out what they were going to do.
They weren't "undermining" the UN - they were out helping people. They simply bypassed the useless, self-serving UN bureaucracy.
Matt
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it might be interesting to research how much of that aid is still unused...I venture a guess at 30%....
whether ones chooses to beleive it or not, I googled after my guess. I was not far off, it was at 50%, now I would hope that that figure has been lowered.
Heres one;
Tsunami Relief News - French Watchdog Says Reallocate Excess Tsunami Aid
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Trade Research - Half of Tsunami donations still unused: BBC