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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:26 AM
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US seeks quick exit from quake relief...yeah THAT'LL help US image
First offer a miserable $15 mil.

Then offer a miserable $35 mil.

All while touting that $50 mil coronation.

Then publicly brag about how helping with tsunami relief will improve US image.

And then publicly announce:

"We'd like to be out of this business as soon as we responsibly can,"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_16-1-2005_pg4_7

bushica SUCKS.
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illflem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:30 AM
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1. The article says they just want the US military out of it
not that the US is going to reduce aid
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:33 AM
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3. Yes I know.
Give them the money bush was forced to promise...maybe...but let's publicly announce the desire to get "out of this business" of helping ASAP. It's hit all the world media and doesn't make us look good, especially after bushCo's public bragging about how helping will make us look good.

They fuck up EVERYTHING. Every fucking time!
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Betty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:31 AM
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2. "the US military has a lot of other work to do"
they say... like invading countries that don't have WMD's
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DELUSIONAL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:38 AM
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4. bushie has a man-date to invade other countries
he can't tie up 'his' military helping out victims of natural disasters -- he's gotta see if he can out do mother nature with his man made disaster.

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Not_Giving_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 12:20 PM
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5. The military presence makes the countries receiving relief uneasy
They don't want our jets using their airspace for "training ops". They don't want our troops on their soil. Can you blame them??

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