Wil's Rant

The U.N. continues to plead with the world to step up and increase many times the aid being offered to Pakistan. While Nato has now pledged to send 1000 people to assist, this is a drop in the bucket when it comes to three million now homeless people facing winter's onset. We must do much, much more if this tragedy is not to grow even larger. Meanwhile the young are already starting to die as a result of this exposure. One of the fundamental principles of Islam is the giving to others in their time of need. Many Islamic countries, poor and rich, gave to the Katrina effort. The parts of the world not currently fighting to deal with their own disasters should give generously to these people who are in such great need. This is one area where the Western Nations could take some guidance from the followers of Islam.