Inner Dialogue

I am so grateful to live in the United States. Natural disasters this week drove home that point once more. The central coast earthquake of 6.5 magnitude wrecked a few old buildings and killed two people. The 6.7 quake in Iran, by contrast, killed 25,000 people, flattened two hospitals and ancients places of worship, and wreaked havoc in the whole area.

Yet despite the devestation, the Iranian government is too proud to accept help from Isreal. And despite the claim by President Bush a few years ago that Iran was part of the "axis of evil", the United States has put aside differences to send tons of medical supplies and other help. If the US had suffered a similar tragedy, would those who consider us evil do the same?