chimps ineffective action of the day [View All]

establishing a "regional core group" to help coordinate relief efforts.....why the fuck not just provide relief directly? there are plenty of agencies already on the ground doing the work, seems to me this is just creating a new level of bureaucracy while people are dying....

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/29/bush.quake/index.html

CRAWFORD, Texas (CNN) -- President Bush said Wednesday that he has formed an international coalition to respond to the massive tsunami disaster along coastlines of the Indian Ocean.

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"Clearly there wasn't a proper warning system in place for that part of the world," Bush said. "And it seems like to me it makes sense for the world to come together to develop a warning system that will help all nations."

(bringing the world together? he's a wiz at that....btw - how many of his friends companies are going to be involved in building the warning system?)

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Mentioning the $35 million in already-pledged U.S. aid, Bush said the United States is a "very generous, kind-hearted nation, and, you know, what you're beginning to see is a typical response from America."

(i thought our typical response was to blame an elusive individual and then invade a foreign country?)

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Bush also announced that the Pentagon is "dispatching a Marine expeditionary unit, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and the maritime preposition squadron from Guam to the area to help with relief efforts."

(oh wait, there's our typical response....)

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