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September 29, 2005
Little Bangladesh weighs in big
A Bangladeshi paper, The Financial Express, chimes in with its observations on the aftermath of Katrina and Rita, which is interesting considering that the South Asian country faces catastrophic natural disasters perennially. (Due to its chronic typhoons, floods, droughts, and earthquakes, a British book by the name of Standards for Thermal Comfort has deemed the country a "teapot in a tempest.")
The author's natural disaster discourse is multifaceted here: (1) The United States has been and always will be perceived differently, even in one of the poorest nations on Earth, (2) We live in a globalized economy, and so rooting for the demise of the U.S. is not particularly helpful for any state, even a competitor like China, and (3) If a hurricane is not a call for closer analysis of one of the world's primary security issues, (global warming) what is?
"The United States of America, the richest and most powerful country on earth, presents a pitiable picture today not very different from many poor Third World countries...The sights stupefy because people the world over are so accustomed to the US -- the mightiest and wealthiest country -- where life and living have been so orderly and qualitatively always improving over the centuries."
Posted September 29, 2005 11:29 PM
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