Tsunami, water, hope and looting
Hi there,
I've been reading about the Hace province in Indonisia people and the effect that the tsunami has had all over the globe. I've read about the support that many countries have offered for help in the hard hit regions and i've heard of the people who live in those areas that have come together and helped each other and are fatalistic and have hope for the future- god bless them. One of the things I can't get past is the reports of the food and other aid -that has been sent by the UN and various other organizations- disappearing and then reappearing in the black market. I am disgusted by this. I can't believe it, here we have a situation where over 150,000 people were wiped out in a few hours... whole villages were washed into the sea destroyed, dead bodies are rotting and after shocks are stronger than most earthquakes we experienced in the last century here in San Francisco. Yet, these theives decided to loot the aid that is being sent and then sell it for a profit? I am saddened by the world that we share with these people... I am saddened that the atmosphere exists where this behavior would be condoned or even tolerated... the army and the rebels hate each other and there are complexities that we just can not understand over there but for once you would think that a tsunami would make one take pause and say: what is this all for?
