January 02, 2005Powell on the U.S. Tsunami Relief EffortMR. RUSSERT: As you well know, there's been a lot of discussion about the administration and its response to this crisis. The New York Times on Thursday wrote this editorial. "We hope Secretary of State Colin Powell was privately embarrassed when, two days into a catastrophic disaster that hit 12 of the world's poor countries and will cost billions of dollars to meliorate, he held a press conference to say that America, the world's richest nation, would contribute $15 million. That's less than half of what Republicans plan to spend on the Bush inaugural festivities." The Administration has, within a week, gotten on top of the massive scale of this humanitarian disaster. Indeed, we are involved in the largest military operations in East Asia since the Vietnam War. And, of course, we've raised our intial pledge from $35MM to $350MM. Powell is right that the American people can now be proud of the efforts its government has undertaken in response to this calamity. The efforts and resources, of course, are desparately needed: Helicopter crews operating from the United States Navy's Abraham Lincoln reported seeing bodies in the sea more than 20 miles off the coast of Sumatra. Starving people besieged helicopters carrying the first aid to remote Indonesian towns today, the Reuters news agency reported. Hungry crowds swarmed the Seahawk helicopters that had started ferrying supplies to devastated communities along the coast. UPDATE: Fareed Zakaria has more.
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Who cares what Powell has to say about anything. If his denial of the My Lai 4 massacre and Iran Contra involvement weren't enough, then his straight faced spewing of lies- "we have incontravertible proof that this trailor is a mobile germ warfare weapons lab" (etc, etc) - in front of the UN during the build up to the US invasion of Iraq should have been. It's good thing that the US is contributing. It would be a better thing if the commander in chief would have taken the time to say a few words on the nation's behalf to the people of the devestated countries. No class. Posted by: observer at January 3, 2005 01:38 AM | Permalink to this commentThe problem is that the human losses entailed by Bush's delay in "getting on top of the massive scale of this humanitarian disaster" would almost certainly have been prevented if he had a healthier respect for scientific expertise. Posted by: Strange Doctrines at January 3, 2005 04:24 AM | Permalink to this commentThe reflex to blame Bush for everything is not good for your mental health. It also leads to saying really stupid things. Posted by: Lee at January 3, 2005 05:02 AM | Permalink to this comment"It's good thing that the US is contributing. It would be a better thing if the commander in chief would have taken the time to say a few words on the nation's behalf to the people of the devestated countries." That's what the UN does, it pays more attention to style than substance, by pretending that talking and posturing is actually better than acting. It pretends to act useful, sometimes taking credit for the efforts of other organizations and people. It plans meetings, makes declarations, and eventually organizes money that will arrive weeks/months later, after having been skimmed by an official, and then unofficial (corruption) cover charge. The US on the other hand organizes regional allies to immediately send in naval battlegroups, Marines, helicopters, C-130s, and MREs immediately into the area. Embarrassed at their bureaucratic intertia, UN officials try to convince Australians and Americans to work in UN uniforms, so that it'll look like they're actually doing something useful. All the while, we're attacked by the normal European moralists and indigenous bozos who couldn't find an issue they wouldn't use to attack Bush or the US. Thousands of people dead become just another talking point. Thanks for better making the point I was making on my blog. What's gone wrong here is how the Administration handled the initial public affairs angle in not letting people know how the process worked. It remains a federal felony to spend or even commit funds that are yet to be authorized by Congress... which happens not to be in session. Posted by: John at January 3, 2005 03:38 PM | Permalink to this commentIt would be a better thing if the commander in chief would have taken the time to say a few words on the nation's behalf to the people of the devestated countries. Yuck! I could never be a politician. Who cares what the President says?!? What matters is what he DOES. Don't you think that dispatching 12,000 troops counts for more than saying "I and my nation feel your pain"? Posted by: mrsizer at January 3, 2005 06:50 PM | Permalink to this commentmrsizer, While perhaps too much has been made of this, I think the point is why not both? Must we choose one or the other? After all, Bush eventually gave the "I feel your pain speech" but it came later than many deemed appropriate, perhaps squandering a "hanging curveball" of diplomacy. Posted by: Eric Martin at January 3, 2005 07:56 PM | Permalink to this commentWouldn't you rather he hit the the "fastball" of action out of the park and really make a difference? Posted by: Rob at January 3, 2005 10:25 PM | Permalink to this commentSurely the United States has an interest in ensuring that the world understands and recognizes the good things we do. The most efficient way to have that happen is for the President to make some kind of speech or hold a press conference announcing it. Why is this so hard to grasp? Posted by: praktike at January 3, 2005 10:34 PM | Permalink to this commentWhy is it hard to grasp? Because it's ridiculous nitpicking criticism from a peanut gallery that hasn't given us much of anything else. Bush has always played tone-deaf to the shrill voice of the media and his hyperbolic critics. It's one of his strengths, especially when it reduces them to complaining about how we're doing a fine job but not looking good enough while we do it. Posted by: Sortelli at January 3, 2005 11:43 PM | Permalink to this commentRob, again, why not both? It's not that hard. Posted by: Eric Martin at January 4, 2005 01:12 AM | Permalink to this commentWell, for one thing, it bring into public play the saw attributed to Abraham Lincoln, "Never confuse motion with action." -- Talk is cheap. US and Aussie Air Foce C-130s and Navy Carrier Groups deliver. Posted by: Ralph at January 4, 2005 04:11 AM | Permalink to this commentAnd Koffi was skiing for 3 days. Just goes to show that large beauracracies don't move very swiftly. And that's news to....whom? Yeah, Bush could've said "I feel your pain" 24-48 hours earlier. OK, you're right. The fact of the matter is that the US Navy was dispatched very quickly. So, what you're complaining about is that Bush didn't stand up and say, right away, "I've dispatched the US Navy." And, let's be adult, you would have criticized him for claiming "credit" or "do-good points" for doing that very thing. Go home, write a check, and take a long, hard look at yourself in the mirror. Posted by: cj at January 4, 2005 08:05 AM | Permalink to this commentDo you know what the first pledge of aid from the German government was, on the day after the disaster? But donīt worry, it quickly went up. They now say it may reach 500 million eventually. That is how it works. As the scale of the disaster became evident and concrete needs can be determined by working with the affected countries, more money is made available. Anyway, I seriously doubt that it is possible to spend all of it within a few days in a useful way. Of course, nobody beat up the German government over this, and it would not have been fair either. But then, why condemn the US? Once more, this is a debate about absolutely nothing, which serves only to fuel anti-American hysteria by people who know nothing and care about nothing. 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