[swimini]

what a tragedy.

I was left utterly speechless by much of the news footage. especially the footage showing a helicopter landing and ditching some bottles of water and food, no one got out of the helicopter and no attempt was made to organise the supplies. A mother with a 7 week old baby got nothing.
A few blocks over the local police were aiming their guns at looters.

what the fuck?

I understand the nature of the disaster made it difficult to get to people, but there was aid on the ground in Indonesia 48 hours after the tsunami, America is the superpower, why isn't it acting like one? I feel so sorry for those poor people, they lost family members, their homes, and businesses. And with the lack of help they received, they must feel crushed and betrayed by the goverment.