Why Bush should be ashamed to beg for help
It is a humiliating admission that the world’s richest nation cannot cope with a natural disaster.
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America has already spent a staggering $186billion on the Iraq conflict, yet is now unashamedly turning to Europe and the UN with requests for anything from nappies and baby milk to forklifts and veterinarian supplies.
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Taking aid from the poor

But it is a disgrace that the US should accept offers of help from the poorest nations who are barely able to cope with their own disasters.

Heartbreakingly, tsunami-battered Sri Lanka and Thailand have been generous in coming forward with donations despite struggling to feed and house their own people.
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Mr Bush put his summer holiday first, and stayed at his Texas ranch as hundreds of thousands of his people were plunged into the most inhumane conditions.