December 30, 2003
Blame
Clifford May on The Corner has this observation about Iran and the deaths in Bam:
.... It was no secret that the region was prone to earthquakes. It is no secret that un-reinforced mud-brick buildings would, in case of a severe temblor, bury people alive. The leaders of a poor country could claim that they hadn’t the resources to do anything about that -- that they could not, for example, afford to reinforce existing structures or build new structures that could withstand temblors. But Iran is oil-rich and has had plenty of money to lavish on nuclear weapons programs and on such terrorist groups as Hezbollah.Posted by Ithildin at December 30, 2003 9:34 AM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE
