Can someone explain to me why we aren't accepting foreign aid?

[Bouncy Ball]

Are the French still on standby with their offers? Canada? The other, what, 19 countries?

PRIDE KILLS GEORGIE BOY. PRIDE KILLS.

[dogday]

1. Not just foreign aid but local as well, ask Chicago Mayor

I though I heard Condliesalot say that they are accepting aid but I keep reading they have not. Same with the Local Situation except for Texas.

[mzmolly]

2. I've heard that we are?

:shrug:

[William769]

8. Me too.

[tuvor]

3. condi said yesterday that no offers would be refused.

Or was she playing some semantic game?

[trof]

12. I think she said they "had refused no offers", but it was pointed out

that they had "accepted" none either.

[Mistress Quickly]

4. Even though baby boy bush

Fumbled the ball when first asked about receiving foreign aid (We don't expect it, didn't ask, don't need) the US is in fact accepting offers:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=foreign+aid+Katrina&btnG=Search+News

[Captain Hilts]

5. We could use the dog-aided search teams.

Russia and Mexico have a lot of experience in dealing with earthquake damage.

[philosophie_en_rose]

6. Unless Georgie can wear a cowboy hat

and take credit, he isn't going to play.

[Spazito]

7. They have accepted help from Canada, 4 ships leaving with

special search and rescue teams, relief supplies, 1000 personel.

[shance]

11. Which is interesting. Cheney has a meeting in Canada next week.

n/t

[FloridaPat]

9. I think we're taking gasoline help from foreign countries. Besides, if

foreigners came in here to help, they would tell the truth to their home news media and it might leak back. Like the photo op yesterday. Seems even the food handout centers that were in the * stroll were fake. The Germans reported that they were put up before the filming started and taken down when the photo op was over.

[trof]

10. It would make us look bad.

Don't want to tarnish our image.
That's so much more important than saving lives.

[RC]

13. tarnish our image?

Hell, its already corroded!