Governments that have offered assistance.
Despite trouncing on the UN, attempting to engineer the assassination of Chavez, the embargo of Cuba, the imminent threats on Iran, and all the other stuff, the rest of the world has stepped up.
And one negative. Where the hell is Kuwait in all these lists? If there's one gov't who I feel we can claim owes us something, it's Kuwait, and they haven't stepped up.
UPDATE: At 10:45 AM Sunday, a story finally appeared saying that Kuwait is offering $500 million in oil.
Governments line up to help after Katrina
AustraliaTwo quick additions, one positive, the amir of Qatar has pledged a hundred million from his own pile.Austria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium.
China, Columbia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland.
Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica.
Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg.
The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay.
Portugal, South Korea.
Singapore, Slovakia.
Switzerland, Sweden.
Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and
Venezuela.
And one negative. Where the hell is Kuwait in all these lists? If there's one gov't who I feel we can claim owes us something, it's Kuwait, and they haven't stepped up.
UPDATE: At 10:45 AM Sunday, a story finally appeared saying that Kuwait is offering $500 million in oil.
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