Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Unprecedented floods continue to displace tens of millions of people in Pakistan. The government, which is dysfunctional at the best of times, is unable to cope with the sheer scale of the disaster. Displaced people are getting increasingly desperate and angry as little or no help reaches them. The army which controls Pakistan and a major part of its economy is trying to distribute food and water but its efforts are grossly insufficient given the sheer scale of the disaster. Pakistan is desperately begging for assistance from abroad but little help is forthcoming. The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon has asked for at least $ 460 million but said that they have received barely a third of that amount. Comparisons are being made with the earthquake in Haiti and the Asian tsunami when billions of dollars were raised quickly by aid agencies, most of the money coming from donations made by individuals. This time though people are not willing to donate so governments are giving whatever they can spare in these recessionary times. The reason people are unwilling to help Pakistan is because it is an evil state. Everyone knows that it is the epicenter of terrorism in the world and they do not see why they should help these murderous swine to survive only to be paid back with bombs. Pakistan is making the usual noises which is that if it does not receive lots of money then people will take to terrorism but the world is not buying it. They know that any money it receives will be diverted by the army to terrorists and to buy weapons. Better to let the country implode now than a decade later when the population will have doubled because its people breed like swine. Better they kill each other than kill us.

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