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Originally posted by jubilance1922
I don't disagree with that. But to me, its a huge hypocrisy. How can we not get aid to our own citizens in a reasonable amount of time, yet we can do it for a country halfway across the world?
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We sent much more aid in a quicker amount of time
It took 3 days for us to deliver 8 warfare helicopters used for fighting in the region - and so far the death toll looks worse than Katrina.
We did much more than that in the US in the same amount of time, although still not enough and not quickly enough.
And Bush learned a lesson from the criticism. If he had done nothing, people would say he doesn't care about people dying. Since he did something, you are saying it's a hypocricy. Damned if you do, damned if you don't?
I don't think we are in the business of charity regardless so we need to help our allies and not just think of charity.
-Rudey
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