From: Darrell Ramsell (daram@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Dec 30 2004 - 17:42:23 PST
Don't forget that President Bush also dispatched a carrier and a carrier
doesn't go anywhere with out it's escorts. That's usually 2 cruisers 4
destroyers & Frigates, a fuel tanker, cargo ship and a submarine. We can
all assume that there will be a lot of flights cargo planes and helicopters
going back and forth. I wouldn't be surprised if all that did cost 35
million a day to run all that.
Darrell
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> Amounts may change quickly, but so far I found this...
>
> France: 176,730 USD
> Canada: 1,000,000 USD
> Germany: 3,800,000 USD
>
> USA: 35,000,000 USD (plus 12 vessels loaded with
> food and medical supplies and saltwater converters for
> drinking water. The total USA aid will soon be over a
> billion dollars when counting relief supplies and
> manpower costs.
>
> The USA promises to greatly increase this amount as
> needs become better coordinated and can be directed to
> the right places and people.
>
> ( Not widely known nor even counted in the money
> above, but 20% of the total UN contribution is funded
> by the US taxpayers.)
>
> Funny that UN Undersecretary Egeland accused the USA
> of being stingy when the USA gives more aid than any
> other nation.
>
> As to the aid sent to the US after 9/11, I did
> considerable checking and it appears the sum total of
> aid sent by the countries you (APB) noted was, uh,....
> zero, give or take a zero. France was zero, Sri Lanka
> zero, Thailand zero... and so it goes.
>
> But, its not about money is it? No, we are content
> with all that wonderful goodwill and gratitude that
> makes us so popular in the world. Gives us a sort of
> warm feeling or is that warmth just from the Molotov
> cocktails showering flaming gasoline on our tour bus?
>
>
> --- m35products <m35prod@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>> I would like to know total dollar amount of
>> assistance (food, medicine,
>> materiel, transportation, communication, etc.)
>> offered so far by each of the
>> following: USA, France, and other UN members.
>>
>> Also, I would like to know total value, in USD, of
>> assistance paid to USA
>> following the attacks of 9-11-01 by the following:
>>
>> Thailand, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, India, Polynesia.
>>
>> A P Bloom
>>
>>
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