Friday, September 02, 2005

Shameful: Only 25 Nations Offer Help to the U.S.
Stewart Stogel,
NewsMax.com
Friday, Sept. 2, 2005

When the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated many nations across Asia in December, the United States rushed to the aid of victims by pledging hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance,just as it has offered aid whenever a natural disaster strikes in another country.

Now the U.S. is facing a catastrophe of its own from Hurricane Katrina.

Though the U.N.'s own top official for disaster relief has called Katrina one of "the largest, most destructive natural disasters ever," shamefully only a handful of nations, at last count just 25,nations of the 191 countries in the United Nations have come forward to offer assistance.
And almost none have offered what America has so often provided: money.

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