By Ma-llah, the Compassionate! No wonder the KMT begrudged the Dalai Lama's granting succor to typhoon survivors — why, that Tibetan outlander was stealing the limelight from their Sultan of Sympathy, their beloved Ayatollah Ying-jeou. (Holy Keeper of the Sixteen Percent Approval Rating.)
Step aside, Dalai. Taiwan's Second-Handsomest-Man is out to spread the love. Sixteen Percenters everywhere can rest assured that the mere appearance of the Ma-ssiah's golden visage will turn those typhoon showers into September flowers.
(President Ma Ying-jeou image from the China Post)
(Inquiring minds would like to know, though: Did the departed here lose their lives because of the storm, or because of SUPREME LEADER Ma Ying-jeou's criminally-inept response to it? * )
* A relative of mine called me one week after the typoon hit, and asked me why Taiwanese were still trapped up in the mountains. "Doesn't Taiwan have loads of helicopters to transport troops to the beaches in the event of a Chinese invasion? It's been a week already — why aren't they USING those?" he asked.
No answer from me. I was outside the country and internet-less. Imagine my surprise though, to read last week that Taiwan's Commander-Of-The-Faithful only dispatched ONE rescue chopper the day after the storm . . . and took FOUR DAYS to authorize the use of the big helicopters.
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Once again, the usual stock-standard vitrolic hatred against the KMT *yawn*.
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You must have been very bored indeed — to have been motivated to submit SEVEN comments here in the course of a single hour…
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Still would like to know why those helicopters were unavailable for rescuing earthquake victims, tho.
Too busy fending off “Maoist” amphibious invasions on Mr. Ma’s orders, perhaps?