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Sunday, January 02, 2005

Talking Back 

Here's an excellent summary from Chuck at You Big Mouth, You! on the facts behind the myth that the U.S. originally pledged $35M for relief efforts. He points out that the $35M was a drawdown account intended for use of the first relief workers on the scene and none of it, actually, was intended for distribution to victims. Even before this preliminary amount was announced battle groups loaded with supplies were steaming to the scene.

The debate over the U.S. response should be thus: granted the PR aspect of the American tsunami response was not handled in the way the media, the U.N. and many individuals would have wanted it handled. Should we give a crap? Is deft dishing of BS and seizing an opportunity for self aggrandizement the issue or is getting the job done what we should focus on? I don't know. What do you think?

Chuck has a related post which refutes the standard lines of criticism from the left on this issue.

Who's talking about the first response of the left? Find some way, any way, to use the deaths of 150,000 to discredit the administration.

UPDATE: Fausta at Bad Hair Blog summarizes the issues nicely.
Posted by: Sluggo / 1:09 PM
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