West spends more on killing than saving - Opinion - www.theage.com.au

West spends more on killing than saving - Opinion - www.theage.com.au: "The US Government has so far pledged $US350 million ($A460 million) to the victims of the tsunamis, and the British Government $US96 million. The US has spent $US148 billion on the Iraq war and Britain $US11.5 billion. The war has been running for 656 days. This means that the money pledged for the tsunami disaster by the United States is the equivalent of one-and-a-half days' spending in Iraq. The money Britain has given equates to five-and-a-half days of the British involvement in the war." I find the comparison a bit early, Australia has just bumped up it's aid to a $1 billion dollars, and I suspect the US will similarly increase it's contibution. One thing we need to remember, those Australian, US and other foreign troops and hardware are not included in the overall donation calculations. I can only guess at how much the USN Abraham Lincoln and it's Battle Groups costs to provide air support and medical support and engineering support to the pollution affected in Aceh Province in Indonesia. The Yanks are there , and along with the Australian and Indonesian units, are doing a marvelous job, even when a cow gets in the way. It is inappropriate for the Left or the Right to be trying to gain political leverage out of this massive natural disaster, they should stop now. Concentrate on Iraq or The Tsunami and make some constructive criticisms if they must. I have no intention of just knocking the left, just in this post, I though George Monbiot was over the top.