It seems to be down to a not very well coordinated rescue organisation. But there certainly is lots of expression of sympathy.
One reason, why there is not such a public outpooring of condolence as f.e after the Tsunami, is that everybody was expecting a Hurrican to hit NO. So maybe they thought, ah well, America has those all the time, and we don't always say something, when a Hurrican hits Florida. The extend of the devastation caused is dawning so slowly for these foreign leader, almost as slowly as for Bush, seen to play the guitar on the 30th.
Why would anybody send condolences to a country whoms leader himself is so blatendly obvious not concerned?
Because everyone knows Bush is an incompetent idiot who has no grasp on reality and because anyone can see pictures and stories reflecting what is happening down there. Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
They mean Minister of the Environment Jürgen Trittin who published an article in the Frankfurter Rundschau, criticising President Bush without finding a single word of compassion and condolence. Trittin's most disputed comment:
Binge Hate from the American right. Who cannot listen, and shouts straight back. Some excerpts:
" The sacrifices the American People made for the German People during the long years of Comunist threat is now forgotten and is replace by a contempt for the people who helped them."
"That and their own callousness toward any human being that differed from their own Nazi politics. Shame on the German people, they should know better by now. But I guess once a dumb head, always a dumb head. I would like to have cursed you all out,but as a 62 yr. old lady, I will just leave it as the above."
"This article displays the sort of compassion that I would expect from a country that's started 2 world wars, sold weapons to iraq for oil, side-stepping UN sanctions, then has the gall to take a self-exalted moral high ground."...
"This article displays the sort of compassion that I would expect from a country that's started 2 world wars, sold weapons to iraq for oil, side-stepping UN sanctions, then has the gall to take a self-exalted moral high ground."
"Wonderful commentary from our German "allies." We in America can care less about what a country like Germany has to say about the U.S. Just remember the next time you let another fascist such as Hitler take over your country, don't come looking to us. Screw Europe."
"The majority of German brains have been adversely affected by global warming - they're definitely fried."
no, nothing more its to depressing.
What I don't understand why these reactions are like the behavior of people that know the criticizing person is right and just cannot get to admit it to themselves.
