Text 7092, 70 rader
Skriven 2005-01-05 20:59:06 av Ed Connell (1:379/1.6)
   Kommentar till text 6987 av Gary Braswell (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Re: Tsunami Disaster Relief
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Hey, Gary.

 GB> As the battlegroup stands today, its costing them 2.4 million dollars a
 GB> day to operate there.

 GB> We are pulling ships away from other areas as well to deal with the
 GB> disaster, even to the point of causing us to be short handed if North
 GB> Korea gets frisky.

 GB> Right now there are 13,000 personnel, 21 ships and 121 aircraft are
 GB> taking part in rescues and supply drops in Thailand, Indonesia, Sri
 GB> Lanka and Malaysia. There are 1,400 US military personnel on shore. We
 GB> have 42 helos there now and will be doubling the number in a matter of
 GB> days. They are proving critical.

 GB> We are over there right now, in the mud with our sleeves rolled up
 GB> saving lives with more on the way.

 GB> I don't think we have one thing to be ashamed of.

Hear, hear.  Well said.

 GB> LEE LOFASO -> ALL wrote:

 LL>> Hello Everybody,

 LL>> Here is an updated look at major government pledges, according
 LL>> to the United Nations and Associated Press bureau reports, towards
 LL>> tsunami disaster relief donations (in millions) -

 LL>> JAPAN                  $500
 LL>> UNITED STATES          $350
 LL>> NORWAY                 $183
 LL>> FRANCE                 $103
 LL>> BRITAIN                $ 95
 LL>> SWEDEN                 $ 75.5
 LL>> SPAIN                  $ 68
 LL>> CANADA                 $ 67
 LL>> DENMARK                $ 66
 LL>> CHINA                  $ 64
 LL>> AUSTRALIA              $ 47
 LL>> NETHERLANDS            $ 32
 LL>> EUROPEAN COMMISSION    $ 31
 LL>> GERMANY                $ 30
 LL>> SWITZERLAND            $ 23.5
 LL>> UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   $ 20

 LL>> Of course, if compiled as a percentage of the GNP of each country,
 LL>> the rankings are much different.  But let's not go there.  It's too
 LL>> embarrassing for Americans.

 LL>> However, we can do a comparison on a per capita basis.  For example,
 LL>> Japan has a population of about 120 million people, and the United
 LL>> States has a population of about 300 million people.  Per capita, that
 LL>> makes Japan spending $4.16 per person for disaster relief, while the
 LL>> United States spends $1.16 per person for disaster relief.  IOW, the
 LL>> Japanese spend four times as much as Americans towards disaster relief
 LL>> for tsunami victims.  The ratio is even worse when comparing
 LL>> Scandinavian countries (such as Norway, Sweden and Denmark), with
 LL>> the United States...

 LL>> --Lee

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