OPPapers.com Essay Index >> Social Issues >> Global Response To Hurrican Katrina
We have many free term papers and essays on Global Response To Hurrican Katrina. We also have a wide variety of research papers and book reports available to you for free. You can browse our collection of term papers or use our search engine.
global response to hurrican katrina The unparalleled human suffering that occurred during last year's tsunami has presented most countries of the world with a challenge
Submitted by gato0083 on December 5, 2005
Category: Social Issues
Words: 632 | Pages: 3
Views: 126
Popularity Rank: 97,583
Average Member Grade: N/A (Add a Comment / Grade this Paper)
The unparalleled human suffering that occurred during last year's tsunami has presented most countries of the world with a challenge that they must rise to meet, and they did. Again another catastrophe has stricken the globe but this time it hit closer to home, New Orleans to be precise. The world has once again shown its colors in response to the Katrina catastrophe. Flooding that occurred in New Orleans triggered a series of events that led up to the current situation. But as along with the aid that the world has sent the United States, which has been no small amount, has been an attitude of "I told you so." While several countries have adopted this attitude of unvarying defiance to anything the United States does Germany stands out in particular. Directly after the hurricane, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder offered his condolences to the United States and to President Bush. "I greatly sympathize for the fate of those people affected by the hurricane." Sure this was a nice gesture but it was followed by no action whatsoever.
Now I understand that some of you may be thinking to you're self that the United States doesn't need aid but the fact of the matter is that whether a crisis of this magnitude happens in a third world country or whether it happens to a first world country aid is needed or at least the good intentions that come with an offering or a pledge of aid. Now the United states could choose to reject the aid that's sent to it but the thought would still have mattered but the German Chancellor responded with a sever callousness, even after two days after extending his condolences extended a hesitant offer for aid. But lets be honest with ourselves, this time the crisis that is on the news on a nightly basis is not in some distant third world country but in our own backyards. Nevertheless the German government sent aid to American aid agencies but despite this the German population which is normally busy pointing their accusing fingers at the...
You must Login to view the entire paper.
If you are not a member yet, Sign Up for free!