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December 31, 2004
Tsunami Questions for Burma
First off, let me just bitch-slap all the America haters and point out that US Aid to Tsunami disaster areas is now up to $350 million. I said that we'd be putting more in the aid package and we have. I'll even say that we're not done yet and more will be added by the US government.
US citizens are donating like mad as well. Donations are flowing into aid agencies and Amazon.com has already collected 8.7 million.
Now, what's up with Burma? Oh sorry, Myanmar. No, I'm gonna call it Burma from here on out. It seems that the official death toll in Burma released by the military junta is only 90 people. I think that's just fantastic - IF IT'S TRUE. I'm not the only one that has a hard time believing that with many villages completely wiped out that only 90 people have perished. I'm afraid that the junta in power in Burma is too unstable to conduct an honest examination of the crisis and can't admit that they are going to need help rebuilding.
The Irish seem to agree. The numbers don't make any sense. We'll have to keep an eye on this one.
Posted by JasonColeman at December 31, 2004 1:06 PM
