Just copied and pasted this from a readers comment on another forum...but it seems totally accurate to me...
"I am humbled by the speed and sincerity of the US response to this crisis. I just saw a news item about an enormous state of the art hospital ship being stocked and sent from Baltimore to Haiti. I also know that Canada is responding with DART teams and more ships are also on the way. Britain too is mobilizing assistance. It would be nice to see some other countries rise to the occasion as well, perhaps some of those who demonize the Western countries from their high moral ground. Where are they when something like this happens ? Ironic isn't it?"
For my part....
We in the West are demonised by other nations (mainly ones containing Al-Queda)
Ok, fair enough...many of these countries have no infrastructure themselves, and I grant them that)
I haven't heard of Dubai (with their massive, expensive buildings) lifting a finger to help, I may be wrong...but where are the Rich Arab states when this kind of human Tragedy befalls?
I may be being totally unreasonable, and if someone can prove me wrong, I am very willing to listen