[quote="Sgt>Stackem":b7537][quote=Pyro]
It is like being best friends with someone for 20 years...then they go and murder your mother...USA under Bush is undeserving of blind following. Canada is with America whenever they need it, but not when it is for stupid reasons like a war in iraq or vietnam.[/quote]
I would have to disagree with that statement, what did Canada offer when Katrina happened? the equivalent of a couple of blankets and a thermos of hot coffee. It is sad but I think the relation between our two countries has changed more in the last three years more than ever, it is for the worst[/quote:b7537]
Canada sent three warships a coast guard vessel and three helicopters to provide humanitarian aid to the people of the hurricane.
[url="http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/09/02/Canadian_ships_to_louisiana20050902.html"]http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national ... 50902.html[/url]
In addition, there were also a number of SAR teams that went down. One I remember specifically was a Vancouver SAR team who was the first one of anybody from any country to go to this certain area. They rescued many people.
http://www.vancouver.ca/usar/
This is in addition to the millions of dollars in aid.
In the future, I would suggest some research before hand would be a good idea.
In response to the 1 billion not being enough, it was only after that people started saying things, that the US increased their aid to 1 billion. Initially, their contribution was much smaller. Smaller than Canada pledged. This is why there was an uproar.
And most of the people caught in NO during the hurricane were poor. Where are they supposed to go? How are they supposed to get anywhere? Walk to Houston?