Wednesday and £4,000,000 of relief
Sep. 21st, 2005 09:49 amWell this is probably one of the biggest farces I've seen in a long while.
For posterity the text of that news story is ( below )
I just don't know how to feel right now. Let me try and put things into perspective for you, the British 24-hour ration pack (approved by NATO, as mentioned before) are around £8-£10 a throw and we've sent 400,000. That means that if those packs get burned the American goverment will have thrown away £3.2m-£4m worth of aid that every single British citizen has paid for.
The fact that this aid is being denied to those who need it is pretty damn stupid, and I'll hope that those of you who are American will excuse the British for feeling a little miffed that the aid we've given you might be thrown away.
I hope the US FDA sees sense, I really do. This isn't good for American/British relations. :/
For posterity the text of that news story is ( below )
I just don't know how to feel right now. Let me try and put things into perspective for you, the British 24-hour ration pack (approved by NATO, as mentioned before) are around £8-£10 a throw and we've sent 400,000. That means that if those packs get burned the American goverment will have thrown away £3.2m-£4m worth of aid that every single British citizen has paid for.
The fact that this aid is being denied to those who need it is pretty damn stupid, and I'll hope that those of you who are American will excuse the British for feeling a little miffed that the aid we've given you might be thrown away.
I hope the US FDA sees sense, I really do. This isn't good for American/British relations. :/