Save the Outrage


Yahoo! / Reuters: U.S. “Outraged” by Myanmar’s Response to Cyclone. The United Nations estimates 1.5 million people have been “severely affected” by the cyclone that swept through Myanmar and the United States expressed outrage on Thursday at the delays in allowing in aid.

Compare and contrast: Katrina Response Sparks Outrage.

Here’s another quote:

“It’s clear that the government’s ability to deal with the situation, which is catastrophic, is limited.”

5 points if you guess correctly whether the person speaking was talking about the U.S. response to Hurricane Katrina or the Burmese response to Cyclone Nargis.


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