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Originally Posted by Skiptown
It is sad but s**t happens all over the world and when is the last time China helped us when we had a bad incident? How much help have they been when we were in a bad catasrophe? We just had several bad weather related problems right here in our country and whcih country in the world said " we will help you". We as a country are not in the best of times ourselves and as I see it no one is lineing up to help us out. It is one world and all should help each other in times of need. I would even settle for a sincere "we wish we could help but can't right now". We are blessed to be a superpower country but we should not be taken for granted in our generousity.
This is just my take on this and I could be wrong.
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Not sure I saw anyone in this thread call out to the US to help?? Or did I miss something?
Neither do the latest articles say that China is asking for help. In
THIS article, f.e., it says:
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U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said no aid requests had been made by China.
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The government was pouring in troops to aid in the disaster recovery. Xinhua said 16,000 were in the area and 34,000 more were en route.
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All this thread is about is the mere FACT that something like this happened- not who should help or shouldn't or whatnot.
Plus- I would be very surprised if China would ask for help. First of all they'll be trying to keep face and proove (esp. with the Olympics around the corner) that they can very well deal with this on their own. Second you seem to forget that this country easily matches the US in size and will most likely come up with it's own resources to deal with it. While it is a communist country with many tactics that we in the west might disapprove of it is still one of the worlds current superpowers.
I am so sorry that the outcome of this earthquake has changed so drastically since I heard of it on the radio first- on the radio they only expected a few hundred wounded and/or killed (bad enough) but this is devastating.
I hope those trapped will be rescued soon- and those alive will get help from whereever to soon continue a normal life after this.