Almost one year to the day after a 7.5 in Taiwan. And while Russia, China, UK, Ireland, and many others have teams on the ground assisting in rescuing trapped victims with hours to live. USAID is laying off the employees that were preparing a resposne, cut off the funding to send emergency rescue teams, and promised to send 3 people next week to visit. I bet Thailand is so glad to such strong allies so willing to help at the drop of a hat U.S. aid response in Myanmar faces hurdles after staff cuts - The Japan Times The U.S. State Department said on Monday that a U.S. Agency for International Development team was heading to Myanmar to help identify the country's most pressing needs in the wake of a devastating earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people. But a former top USAID official and a source familiar with the matter said the three-member assessment team's departure was delayed by problems obtaining visas from Myanmar's military rulers. Moreover, they said, the overall response of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has been hobbled by the huge fund cuts, contractor terminations and plans to fire nearly all USAID staff directed by billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The response has been hurt by "a lot of internal confusion about capability to respond and willingness to respond,” said Sarah Charles, who headed the agency's humanitarian assistance bureau until February 2024.
Taiwan donated nearly $500k directly to the North Carolina disaster relief fund. International Medical Corps set up 14 clinics and aid stations in North Carolina, specifically in Buncombe County where they airlifted 1000 gallon tanks of fresh water. This group is staffed by volunteers from Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Germany, Italy, S Korea, Israel, Saudi Arabia and many others. Also, depending on the day in the stats, the United States accounts for 26-28% of the world's GDP. I thought all you right-wingers loved to rap yourselves up in the bible and pervert it to your narratives. Pretty sure there is something in there about "to whom much is given, much is required"....unless all of those MAGA bibles cut out Luke? Which, it would not shock me if Trump cut out all references to Jesus in his bibles and replace him with a "trump".
Yeah you gotta understand sometimes some of my posts are made with a smile. If I feel someone has started a thread that is just not all that big a deal, just seen as an opportunity to trash talk Trump & company I'll make a not too serious post to answer it.
For the first time in over 100 years there is a major natural disaster with tens of thousands dead and USA help is nowhere to be found. Nope, abandoning those that can't help themselves is USA policy now. Not a major shift, no big deal. Nope, not a cult
Hahahaha, I get it! HAHAHAHAHHAHA !!!! I'm smiling too! This thread is just "trash-talking Trump." Not, like ..... discussing factual reality. So, what do you think about the fact that the USA will hardly be helping here, as we've dismantled most or all of our global aid infrastructure? No big deal? Makes you smile?
"The U.S. said Monday that it would provide $2 million in aid and a small U.S. Agency for International Development emergency response team has been deployed to assess the situation in Myanmar, but officials said that it had not yet been able to enter the country as of Monday morning. While the dollar amount of initial aid is in line with what the U.S. has pledged in the past, the overall pace of the response has been slower. In the aftermath of the 2023 earthquake in Morocco, for example, a USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team was deployed just hours later, although Morocco did not ultimately ask for DARTs." US pledges $2 million for Myanmar quake, but China already filled the void
slow is deadly. people die because rescue didn't show up in time. and it is not consistent with previous aid packages compare it to Turkey and Iraq as compared to Thailand and Myanmar. In three days they had people on the ground with search and rescue teams working to find survivors The Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria: One Year Later | by USAID Saves Lives | U.S. Agency for International Development | Medium After devastating earthquake in Myanmar, China filling vacuum left by USAID’s absence | PBS News
That's not what you said in the post I quoted, you said: "USA help is nowhere to be found" which obviously is not true.
according to the linked article, the team is "on the way" while other countries have teams on site actively conducting rescues while our 3 person office team tries to get their stuff together and get there. While the dollar amount of initial aid is in line with what the U.S. has pledged in the past, the overall pace of the response has been slower. In the aftermath of the 2023 earthquake in Morocco, for example, a USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team was deployed just hours later, although Morocco did not ultimately ask for DARTs. That same year when Libya endured catastrophic flooding, DARTs were deployed the same day. And when a major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria that same year, the DART teams were also launched just a few hours after the disaster hit. In both cases, the DARTs took a few days to get on the ground. ........................ In the meantime, it was Chinese teams that arrived 18 hours after the quake and more than 400 Chinese personnel are now on the ground in the region. Beijing has sent in planes full of supplies, providing $14 million in aid. China also has multiple teams in Thailand. ................................... State Department officials said discussions regarding a more extensive response to the earthquake are ongoing, including the possibility of sending a DART team, although it might be smaller than in past efforts.
Not if they are devastated and don’t have logistics. We use to send ships with helicopters to support. But per maga, we won’t help them, and many died because of it. “We have the capacity, we have the ability, and we have the assets to save lives, and the choice has been not to use it, and people are dying” Without USAID, Myanmar Is Struggling to Recover From Its Massive Earthquake – Mother Jones
“As Trump guts foreign aid…” (3/31) “But a U.S. team has yet to appear at the scene of the quake in the Southeast Asian nation, which occurred the same day the State Department informed thousands of employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which administers civilian foreign aid, that nearly all of their roles were being eliminated.” As Trump guts foreign aid, China and others lead Myanmar earthquake response
And every chance these disaster search an recovery crews get real world experience it makes them better for when they are needed here. No amount of training can replicate that.
