Think about what Helmut Kohl and an American television news crew could have done to help.

Seriously. I'm not talking nonsense here. He seems to have been the only world figure in the region where the disaster occurred, and he bolted as soon as he got the chance. That is despicable, considering the attention he could have gotten doing live broadcasts pleading for aid to the region. He could have shamed at least some in the wealthy nations into doing the right thing. He could have just done something for the other foreign tourists in the region. He could have done a lot of things, but instead chose to flee.

No reason why we shouldn't mention the despicable, especially when they so obviously are deserving of our scorn.