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Re: Burma (Myanmar) Cyclone and neo-liberal economics

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Originally Posted by Andrewl View Post
You have it backwards Matt. The relief consortium organized by the US and others deliberately set out to bypass the UN for precisely self-serving reasons.

Andrew
Horsecrap.

The US Navy was delivering aid and assistance to the victims while the UN was still trying to get their supplies out of the airport.

We've seen the UN in action (aka the UN inaction), and we decided to be part of the solution, not part of the UN clusterfuck.

I fully support that choice. Lives were saved because of it.

Matt
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