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Re: Myanmar officials seize UN emergency aid
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Originally Posted by mudwhistle
Strange.....
In one week we have two countries with natural disasters....... tens of thousands are dead....because of government corruption or neglect....or because of the way nature often shows her fury...........and very few can see that the response to Katrina wasn't all that bad after all. 
As a matter of fact after the local officials screwed the pooch royally.......after the federal government took over the scene things went pretty well in comparison to Burma and China.
Just a thought........  |
Comparing apples and oranges again, huh? Or do you just want to tell us that you are proud that the US outperformed a third world country dictatorship when it comes to disaster relief?
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