Donations:
Kuwait: $400 million in oil and $100 million cash
United Arab Emirates: $100 million cash
Qatar: $100 million cash
Republic of Korea: $30 million cash and in-kind donations
Australia: $7.6 million
China: $5.1 million cash and
relief supplies
India: $5 million cash
Ireland: $1 million to Red Cross
Iraq: $1 million cash
Bangladesh: $1 million cash
Azerbaijan: $500,000 cash
Gabon: $500,000 cash
Afghanistan: $100,000 cash
Armenia: $100,000 cash
Bahamas: $50,000 cash
Maldives: $25,000 cash
Sri Lanka: $25,000 cash
Bosnia: $6,414 cash
SOURCE: US State Department
This is interesting. Up until now, I had heard that no other country had offered aid to the U.S. for the Hurricane relief efforts. Now I have been proved wrong. The process for accepting donations makes sense, going with the easier to process ones first. And I can understand the wariness of accepting Cuban doctors, regardless of their skill, who knows if Castro really has our health in mind. I'm probably being paranoid, but how easy would it be to slip 10, 20, 50 "doctors" in who will enforce the idea of euthanasia, or spread diseases that we don't have vaccines for, etc, the possibilities are numerous, and I won't go into, nor support many, if any, of them. The point is, we are recieving aid, and Bush is accepting it. just not all at once, but in a certain order. This shows wisdom, and prudence. I support Bush, he doesn't do everything right, and I think we should critique the points of our government we don't like, excercising our Right to Petition, as in the First ammendment to our Constitution.
I've said enough now, go make your own opinions, but base them on fact, not rumors or other opinions.
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