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Originally Posted by JcPizwink
Of course our economic policies contributed to the squalor and lack of funding for proper tsunami notification measures in these countries...
But you're right. We have the capacity for great things. It's a shame it takes hundreds of thousands of deaths to make it come out in us.
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You can lead a horse to water, but cannot make him drink it.
Point is, any nation can achive better if they have the willpower. Blaming others is just another example of why they fail. Look at Japan, they have virtually no natural resources yet have the second largest economy.