US Aid

The aid effort to tsunami hit Asia is now fully underway. As might be expected, the US bloggers are full of pride for their great nation's contributions and righteous indignation that they could ever be criticised for anything. The fact is that prior to today's military assistance, the US had contributed relatively little to the aid effort. The 2001 attacks on New York merited $5 bn of aid. The Asian tsunami merited $350 m of aid. There is no reason, no excuse and no argument for this gross discrepancy. It certainly looks as if some lives are more valuable than others.

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