Those who have given help
It is simply amazing. If a natural disaster strikes anywhere in the world, the American Aid will be there in hours, and will be more in dollars and supplies than the next 5 contributers combined. We have helped every national natural disaster with food, water, troops for security, mobile hospitals, and so on. And what is donated by private individuals and organized groups far outstrips what is given by the US government. Most of the time military helicopters and cargo planes are forwarding private donations.
But now when we get hit by a natural disaster of Biblical proportions, where is our help? Where are the Pakistani helicopters, loaded with supplies? How about Iranian mobile hospitals? Not to be seen, and likely to stay that way. This article, Shameful: Only 25 Nations Offer Help to the U.S. documents who our friends are.
There is one correction. Just before I wrote this post, Kuwait has pledged $500 Million dollars to our relief effort. Kuwait's offer includes $400 million in oil products and $100 million in humanitarian relief.
Here is the list of those who have pledged support so far:
Russia
Japan
Canada
France
Honduras
Germany
Venezuela
Jamaica
Australia
UK/Northern Ireland
Netherlands
Switzerland
Greece
Hungary
Colombia
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Mexico
China
South Korea
Israel
United Arab Emirates
Taiwan
Sri Lanka
Singapore
Kuwait
Hopefully that list will grow as more and more countries realize how much they depend on the good graces of the United States.