"Thanks, But No Thanks!" U.S. Rejects International Aid Offers :: PEJ News :: Stories, Features, Opinion and Analysis :: Peace, Earth & Justice News

"Thanks, But No Thanks!" U.S. Rejects International Aid Offers :: PEJ News :: Stories, Features, Opinion and Analysis :: Peace, Earth & Justice News: "Offers of aid from foreign governments began to pour into the White House once the scope of this tragedy became apparent to shocked television viewers around the world. But the Bush administration response was, to some, as absent as Dick Cheney during this, and past disasters. Cuba's President Castro reached out a hand to the country that has dedicated itself these past forty-plus years to the destruction of his nation, offering more than fifteen hundred doctors and tons of medicines and materiel only to find his offer rejected. A non-plussed Castro said, addressing the country's disaster workers:

'You could all be there right now lending your services, but 48 hours has passed since we made this offer, and we have received absolutely no response.'

France too found its offer of water-treatment equipment and other necessary life-saving equipment and personnel ignored by Bush.
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