Of course its because its brown people. That being said the US has pledged 3.25m BUT the Myanmarians are dicking around with letting assessment teams into the country. That's anyone assessment teams. The UN supposedly just got the first flights of supplies there today.
The U.N. has grown increasingly critical of Myanmar's military rulers' refusal to let foreign aid workers into the country while the junta appeared overwhelmed and more than 1 million homeless people waited for food, medicine and shelter.
"The frustration caused by what appears to be a paperwork delay is unprecedented in modern humanitarian relief efforts," Risley said. "It's astonishing."
Western aid experts in Bangkok will have to wait at least four more days to get into Myanmar to help cyclone victims because the Myanmar embassy in the Thai capital took a local holiday on Friday.
“This is a four-day wait which just should not happen,” said Risley. “This is too long to wait for people whose lives are at such a precarious balance.”
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