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Postmanx Donating Member (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:43 PM
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Americans Speed Aid to Tsunami-Hit Asia
Yahoo!


Although the United States was not among the first at the scene after last week's natural disaster thousands of miles from American shores, it is now spearheading the international relief effort and delivering more supplies than any other nation. A U.S. warship strike group carrying thousands more Marines was headed in to help.


U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland said he was encouraged by the military response to the Dec. 26 tsunami, singling out U.S. Undersecretary of State Marc Grossman for praise.


"Whatever we have asked, it has been delivered the next day and that is what is producing results quicker and more immediately to those in most need than we have had in any other similar disaster," Egeland said in New York.
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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 05:19 PM
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1. Spin, spin , spin....you can tell it's Monday.
Gotta love the spin we are now being given..."spearheading",
"speed", "delivering more supplies than any other nation"

Yet these people had to go 8 days with no food or water???:

"Many of the 60 victims picked up in more than two dozen missions Monday - including children, elderly and two pregnant women - were too weak from eight days with little food or water to speak or move."
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 05:20 PM
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2. Speeding aid to Asia only one week after the fact!
Spin, spin, and spin some more! :puke:
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Postmanx Donating Member (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 06:33 PM
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3. Enlighten me
Who is out ther doing a better job?
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 06:38 PM
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4. "Americans" are humanitarians,...their government SUCKS!!!
Edited on Mon Jan-03-05 06:42 PM by Just Me
Their government SUCKS the very life out of precious American hope, compassion, ingenuity.

Oust this horrifying, profit-sucking, manipulative governance,...and you will see America shine!!!!

The Busholinis have usurped the BEST of our people,...and pleaded it as their own "glimmer". I hate them for doing that,...but, they have usurped and profitted in such a manner,...to survive. May God send them right back into the shoes of those they've condemned, without protection "of their beautiful minds".

Ugh!!!

*sigh* may they actually grow the strength necessary TO BE COMPASSIONATE.
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