Re: [MV] Tsunami, OT

From: Nigel Hay MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Sat Jan 01 2005 - 01:28:44 PST


In our papers it says that French Sapeurs Pompiers ( rescue services) were
sent out on Monday.
I saw on French TV some footage of Indonesian troops in REO's - very odd
because one was right hand drive.
----- Original Message -----
From: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 1:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Tsunami, OT

> Contributions so far:
>
> France 176 USA 35,000
>
> in thousands of dollars.
>
> And their president has accused us of being stingy.
>
> apb
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mil-Veh Co." <milveh@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; <m35prod@optonline.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 6:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Tsunami, OT
>
>
> > 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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