Change of tone

I've noticed a decided change in the tone of US Admin rhetoric re war since the tsunami.

Now, nature offers Bush's speechwriters a new alternative - in which US troops can go galavanting off to provide disaster relief in the Asia Pacific while everyones attention is distracted from Iraq and War Crimes Hearings.

Well, it just makes some politicians look like opportunists if you ask me. If these guys were really so moved by human suffering they'd be waving Asia Pacific depts and pouring resources into hospitals and UN initiatives instead of into military coffers.