You know what the really sad thing is?

You can bet your ass, that any aid sent to Asia (monetary or otherwise) by any government, comes with conditions.
You know, like, "OK, we'll give you £15Million, but in return, we get the contracts to rebuild your country"...

Don't ever think that the government would just hand out the cash, out of the goodness of their hearts...nah, there aint no such thing as a free lunch -even in something as traumatic as this.

Governments, eh?

Res...
RESiNATE Reviewed by RESiNATE on . Disgusted with my Government http://www.examiner.ie/pport/web/opinion/Full_Story/did-sgjBEbdai6zqYsgDQQ5wn3uAIg.asp 31/12/04 â?¬2m for tsunami victims and seven times more for an equestrian centre By Pat Brosnan AS the death toll spiralled by the hour in one of the worst ever natural disasters, the response from the Irish Government amounted to peanuts. The immediate contribution tendered was a paltry 1m, which might have been alright just to help get the international aid effort going. At that stage, it was Rating: 5