Canada has sent the DART team (200 members of Canadian Forces)to provide medical aid and drinking water in disaster areas but they were counting on the U.N. to provide safe passage. I think they have now set up in Thailand, waiting to find out what's next. As far as I'm concerned, this is a case of govt. genocide against its own people. Poppagator is right, its not much different than what happened after Katrina. In the U.S., however, it was largely due to incompetence. In Myanmar, its deliberate. In both cases politicians can be blamed. Governments are supposed to help their people. Instead they are more concerned with holding on to power and the financial rewards that follow. I'm beginning to think that politicians should take a vow of poverty if they truly want to serve the people.
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