Comments on: Politics is More Powerful than Tsunamis

By: carpeicthus

carpeicthus — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:36:51 +0000

In addition to the other egregious mistakes listed, Greenpeace may be loony, but they did NOT "blame the tsunami on global warming,: at least in the link you provide. They said the effect may have exacerbated the damage, something entirely different.

Jeez, you don't have ANY political interest in this, do you? Must be fun to pretend to hold yourself above the rest.

By: dw

dw — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:32:51 +0000

I've seen two other sources that confirm the Israelis weren't turned away wholly by Sri Lanka, and that a smaller team of Israeli doctors were due into Colombo today.

And all this talk about politics, but zero mention of Myanmar reporting zero casualties. No, wait, they're listing 90 now. There has been some talk that the military junta is being awfully quiet about the damage and death toll.

By: Bill K

Bill K — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:37:00 +0000

Totally disagree with the point, but much better :-).

By: kenny

kenny — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:29:30 +0000

The story about Sri Lanka rejecting Israeli is a crock. They've asked the Israeli IDF not to send the 150 strong team but a smaller team is being sent out( and the Israelis are sending out supplies).

The reason for this ?
"The government, led by President Chandrika Kumaratunga, admitted that it was not ready to manage the foreign medical teams and emergency supplies arriving in the country three days after disaster struck the Indian Ocean island."

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0f26307e-59bf-11d9-ba09-00000e2511c8.html

I believe that they've also asked the canadians and british to wait until they send out teams.

Still, It's more fun to make wild accusations of anti-semitism

By: Bill K

Bill K — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:44:48 +0000

You know, there is enough political talk out there that you didn't have to misrepresent the Daily Kos thing. First, it wasn't Kos that said that. Second, it wasn't even a post - - it was a comment by somebody. Third, if you read the post that the comment was in there is no talk about politics. Just talk about grief in regards to the pure number affected, as well as links to donate to charities.

The first six examples are good, the seventh is unnecessary and misleading.

By: LJD

LJD — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:37:14 +0000

It is really appalling, and a serious insult to the families of those who have died, to use this disaster for ANY political gain.

Beyond the unfounded, "sky-is-falling" liberal guilt trip, the U.S. does far more than any other country in the world to help those in need. But it is never enough, much less appreciated.

Where was the outpouring of foreign assistance during our hurricanes/ floods/ wildfires/ etc.? Yet, we still give, all the while being somehow blamed for the tragedy.

By: PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science

PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:41:02 +0000

Politics and Disasters
James Joyner has more examples of the unfortunate mixing of the crassest of politics and the tragedy of the Asian tsunamis.