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Troops to help Australia (Original Post) Iwasthere Jan 2020 OP
Has His Lardship offered any help at all? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #1
He was quick enough to offer aid to Putin Mountain Mule Jan 2020 #3
"His Lardship".... Sogo Jan 2020 #4
I can hardly bear the news from there. cilla4progress Jan 2020 #2
US and Canadian firefighters are helping IcyPeas Jan 2020 #5
I know Iwasthere Jan 2020 #6
Trump is waiting to see if Morrison has any dirt on Biden!! justhanginon Jan 2020 #7

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
1. Has His Lardship offered any help at all?
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 01:31 PM
Jan 2020

Even just an offer of some kind of help, whether it's manpower, supplies or money, would be the sort of thing most leaders would do, but he's not most leaders.

Mountain Mule

(1,002 posts)
3. He was quick enough to offer aid to Putin
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 01:36 PM
Jan 2020

When Siberia was experiencing all those fires last summer. Maybe he’ll offer to send the Aussies a shipment of rakes.

cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)
2. I can hardly bear the news from there.
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 01:33 PM
Jan 2020

Having lived through several wildfires and lost a home in one, I feel viscerally their chaos and terror.

Iwasthere

(3,168 posts)
6. I know
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 02:04 PM
Jan 2020

But imagine if our military went down in force. The country is burning up FFS, 50 million animals dead, 6 species (at least) wiped out. Countless lives ruined. Sad

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