OK, I'll be the first one to admit that what has happened in Japan is a disaster. The loss of human life alone is terrible and my prayers do go out to those who were affected by the earthquake. That having been said...it's Japan's problem. We already rebuilt the country after World War II. A country we were at war with at the time (yeah, that one boggles the mind). We have enough philanthropic endeavors already going on throughout the world, not to mention the laundry list of issues going on in our own country to deal with, to assist one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world to rebuild.
You know what, scratch that. Sure, let the USA help them out. But don't offer this help until 4/11/2011. Why wait a month UA? That was how long it took Japan to offer assistance after the BP Oil Spill in 2010. This was help that was ultimately declined, but it still took them a month to offer that assistance, long enough to damage our already hurting economy just a little bit more. Am I an Angry American? You bet your ass I am!
