by Dirk » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:22 am
Hello from Germany,<br><br>>>the Germans sure aren't going to offer aid assistance because they're actively BLAMING the US for causing such violent storms. <<<br><br>That's only half of the truth:<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372348,00.html">service.spiegel.de/cache/...48,00.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Looking for the article about help-offers from Germany and Europe, I did find the following article in the english-section of Der Spiegel:<br><br>"FORMER CLINTON ADVISOR<br><br>"No One Can Say they Didn't See it Coming"<br><br>In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war. By Sidney Blumenthal more.."<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372455,00.html">service.spiegel.de/cache/...55,00.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Dirk <p></p><i></i>
