Forgetting About Pakistan
Independent analysts and citizen journalists are taking note of slower pace of relief and rehabilitation efforts by the US and UN.
MoJo Blog says:
The United States has pledged some aid already, but it’s hard to think they couldn’t be doing more—and be doing it more visibly. Assistant Secretary of State Anthony Wayne recently noted that the country would need about $5 billion in “near-term” relief, but would not say how much the United States would contribute. With Congress already set to pass $70 billion in new tax cuts, spend for Katrina reconstruction, and possibly grant the Bush administration $7.1 billion to fight avian flu, it’s easy to imagine that the U.S. will be relatively stingy when it comes to Pakistan aid.
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