Myanmar (and China) Need the Odd Couple
Wouldn't it be something if this current natural disaster in Myanmar could bring together George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton in another heroic relief effort?
Whenever a natural disaster strikes, the number of casualties first reported is always deceptively low but creeps upward. The opposite is true after a terrorist attack or nuclear meltdown.
Wouldn't it be something if this current natural disaster in Myanmar could bring together George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton in another heroic relief effort?
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