[mburbank]

"So, its ok if he does a good thing for a selfish reason?"

Absolutely. I may be fairly lefty in my personal thinking, but I don't think anyone ends up leading a country unless they are a huge dick. I don't think any other type of person, be they vicous dictator or freely elected representtive, gets into the drivers seat.

That being said, I'll take their beneficial selfish acts over their dmagaing selfish acts any day. AND as far as political theater goes, it's pretty funny.

Logistically, I have no idea what would happen next. Our government would have to respnd, which as far as I know they haven't done. I can't believe we haven't at least tried to coordinate drinkable water and food relief. How could that hurt?