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The US will lose in any pissing contest between nations. The
Financial Times has a table showing current pledged aid amounts for the "top 20" donors, listed by total dollar amount.
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Unfortunately Steve, that is the problem with this "list" is that it does not tell the whole story where I am confident that the US will contribute far more then the rest of the world. Not on the list is all of the military assets that have been deployed (~100 helicopters delivering supplies, a carrier group, a hospital ship from San Diego, etc.) What is the cost to run that operation? It also does not include the huge contributions from the US corporations and private citizens (like myself). Doctors without boarders came out and said they do not want any more money for this operation because they can not spend it and do not want to decieve donors. This $350M (from the FT list) is only a small fraction of the net US expenditures! This list is VERY misleading.