[kj] OT: Tsunami: USA partly to blame for deaths of tens of thousands

[Mark Kolmar]

You could find plenty of legitimate points to make against the U.S.
government and culture, but that is strictly the most reflexive "Blame
America First".

Here is another view:

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3959478
"Met Chief Becomes Thailand's Tsunami Fall Guy"

and one with more detail and more balance:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6756409/
"Scientists fault warning efforts on tidal waves"
"Indian Ocean nations lack critical tide sensors"

--Mark

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:41:22 +0100, xps1 <xps1 at quick.cz> wrote:
> might be of interest...
> 
> Tsunami: USA partly to blame for deaths of tens of thousands
> 
> the USA spends all this money on war but can't even send an early warning to
> the Indian Ocean countries in danger.  Some info on why, and what the unions
> are doing: at http://www.labourstart.org/tsunami/ and below.
> 
> 1. Unprecedented Human Devastation on Global Scale
> 
> A Statement from the International Action Center
> 
> 55,000 Dead: The Role of U.S. Criminal Negligence on a Global Scale
> Casualties of a policy of war, negligence, and corporate greed
> 
> While earthquakes and tsunamis are natural disasters, the decision to spend
> billions of dollars on wars of conquest while ignoring simple measures that
> can save human lives is not.
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