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Originally posted by Barry the Sprout:
But then when another humanitarian disaster comes up it will be ignored by the same countries that before had preached their generosity. We don't like the intention or the double standard, but fot that country the aid is often very welcome.
Sorry I got you and SC into this... Didn't mean it!
Barry the point made was that the US for the past many years has supplied Afghanistan the most humanitarian aid. Maybe not the most aid to all the poor nations of the world, but prior to September 11th in Afghanistan it was the US.
It's not a double standard to state what is true, but what has happened since this was said is that well maybe there, but look here, here, and here. People looking for things to be imperfect will find them. What is a double standard is to only recognize the bad, while ignoring the good.