Seriously. I'm not talking nonsense here. (28 Dec 04 - 07:50)

I'm coming back to you, 28 Dec 04 - 07:50, now that more information is available. You remind me very much of GWBush, not in political leanings but in character. You too like to fire your mouth off on the basis of unreliable information and pass judgement without being even remotely well informed.

Kohl is a man I never have voted for and I always hated his politics. But here I see nothing wrong in what he has done and am ready to defend his actions. He was in the third floor of a hotel in Sri Lanka of which only the first two floors got flooded and which withstood the impact of the water. He has seen the disaster first hand. For two days, there was no access to that region due to a street having been blocked. On the third day, the surviving tourists were flown out. Some wanted to stay, Kohl among them, but have been asked by the authorities to agree being flown out. The reason for that is that they need all the remaining infrastructure for their own citizens and that accomodating tourists in areas hit by the flood takes much needed ressources away.

So he agreed being flown out with the other tourists but is among the very small minority of German tourists surviving the flood still staying in other parts of Sri Lanka. We can see him in TV supporting financial and other aid and asking Germans to donate money.

Wolfgang