Hurry Up and Wait

Hmmm. Let's see, the US was too slow in providing money, but yet:

Some survivors have seen no aid since the tsunami struck on Sunday due to the inaccessibility of the worst hit areas, cut off from the outside world by flooding and downed bridges, and the sheer magnitude of the disaster affecting many countries.

Aid started pouring into Indonesia only to stop at the airport due to a lack of fuel for trucks to move it.

What did I say about planning?

We are doing very little at the moment," U.N. emergency relief coordinator Jan Egeland acknowledged in New York. The United Nations estimates up to 5 million people need aid.

"It will take maybe 48 to 72 hours more to be able to respond to the tens of thousands of people who would like to have assistance today -- or yesterday, rather," he said. "I believe the frustration will be growing in the days and the weeks ahead."

Yeah, stinginess or slow to react is the problem of the US. But, since they failed to plan and went off half cocked, they will probably cause the problem to be worse than if they had stopped and tried to get some recovery plan in effect.

U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan cut short a holiday to oversee the relief operation from New York. The United Nations will launch a major appeal on January 6.

Bush was such a slacker to get majorly abused for waiting for assessments and facts from on site, but Kofi Annan comes in 2 days later and nothing is said?

But of course Bushitler is EEEEEVVVVIIILLLLL.