On May 19, 10:13=A0pm, Lproud...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Why compare China response with Burma ? Why not compare China
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> > > with Katrina ?
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> > Oh, because the Katrina response, incompetent tho it was, was better
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> > than the Chinese one.
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> > Sending tens of thousands of troops was the right thing to do. But the
> > soldiers lacked the tools or the training to provide high quality
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> > US response was too slow in getting started, but once they woke up
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> > Bush (who was on vacation) and turned on his TV, he sent soldiers with
> > appropriate training and equipment.
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> > In terms of loss of life, the Katrina rescue was (compared to China's)
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> > all that bad.
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> > --
> > Love, Jim
> > (I often delete parts of the previous post and I often remove
excessive
> > crossposts.)
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> Really weird logic. Jim is so proud of US Katrina response. A 3rd
> world Response from the richest country in the world.
>
> Here is a quote from a post cut from Utube.
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> Why do the media constantly compare the rescue and relief operations
> between China and Myanmar? Let's compare China with the US:
>
> In China, an earthquake that registered 8.0 struck with no warning.
> The Premier was on the plane to the disaster centre 90 minutes later
> to co-ordinate the rescue and relief effort; local, provincial and
> national and military authorities immediately ordered an all-out
> rescuing effort, no arguments, no buck passing. Air****ts and buildings
> were evacuated in little over 30 minutes and police and emergency
> workers swung into action at about the same time. Soldiers poured into
> the diaster sites by planes, trucks and, where the roads were damaged,
> by walking for hours. Victims helped themselves and others where they
> could; everything was orderly; no chaos, no looting, no crimes and no
> unreasonable demands, knowing at times of crisis, action,
> understanding and unity is the best for all.
>
> In the US, a hurricane struck after 48 hours warning. The President
> reluctantly terminated his holidays one and a half days after the
> diaster struck; the Secretary of States was seen in New York shopping
> for designer shoes while people waited for help. Rescue and relief
> efforts were slow and ineffective. The state Governor blames the
> Federal and the Federal blames the state; the mayor blames everybody
> else. Four days after the diaster, troops armed to the teeth appeared
> on the street in their Humvees, not there to rescue anybody but to
> maintain law and order and shoot looters. Many police officers wanted
> to quit or retire early.
>
> I hope this diaster will prompt some in the west who have long hold a
> deep bias and prejudice against China to rethink. Is democracy a be
> all, end all thing? If not, let China evolve by its own accord and in
> its own pace.
You can't expect much from a NEOCON run Government!
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