# Castro offers to send aid to Katrina victims; no response **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 5, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-offers-to-send-aid-to-katrina-victims-no-response/320229 "2005-09-05T19:12:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-offers-to-send-aid-to-katrina-victims-no-response/320229/41 "2005-09-09T20:19:09Z")
I think it is too, Ponder Stibbons. Thats why I initially brought it up. Its a BIG deal to some of us, though saddly it doesn’t seem to be that big a deal here (or maybe not even in the US as a whole). Castro gets dissed and that rates a thread…but Mexico, for the first time in over a century, is sending in (directly mind you) relief supplies to help the US…and thats not even worth much comment. Ah well…whats one mans gold is anothers dross I guess. Thanks for the link. Appreciated. 🙂 -XT ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-offers-to-send-aid-to-katrina-victims-no-response/320229/42 "2005-09-09T20:36:17Z")
Actually, I don’t think there’s a vast need for doctors per se. Most people down there are simply not in serious medical need AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-offers-to-send-aid-to-katrina-victims-no-response/320229/43 "2005-09-10T21:17:07Z")
> [@Wesley Clark](#): > > I think the public in the US get a bad rap, we have extremists and they are vocal but large chunks of us are pretty decent people who respect other countries for their representative liberal democracies and place things like human rights above patriotism or politics. Is this an argument for or against normalizing relations with Cuba? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-offers-to-send-aid-to-katrina-victims-no-response/320229/44 "2005-09-10T21:26:59Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > but Mexico, for the first time in over a century, is sending in (directly mind you) relief supplies to help the US…and thats not even worth much comment. > > -XT It ran several times last night on the various CNN programs: Anderson Cooper, Aaron Brown; general news program. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-offers-to-send-aid-to-katrina-victims-no-response/320229/45 "2005-09-11T00:19:42Z")
Well, I kind of meant on this board (or even in this thread), but I take your point. -XT ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-offers-to-send-aid-to-katrina-victims-no-response/320229/46 "2005-09-11T00:28:27Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > …but Mexico, for the first time in over a century, is sending in (directly mind you) relief supplies to help the US… Does that mean we can expect a liberal, open-door policy for Yankee wetbacks? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-offers-to-send-aid-to-katrina-victims-no-response/320229/47 "2005-09-11T00:50:52Z")
Undoubtedly. 😉 -XT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-offers-to-send-aid-to-katrina-victims-no-response/320229.md?page=2)