John Kerry Tours Quake Ravaged Region of Pakistan

[kerrygoddess]

And we're back... could not post this here earlier...

Distributing School Uniforms for Children, John Kerry Tours Quake Ravaged Region of Pakistan
January 14th, 2006

John Kerry visited the earthquake ravaged region of Pakistan today, meeting with leaders and survivors of the quake, and distributing school uniforms to children. The tent village Kerry visited is funded partly by both the U.S. and Cuba.

Kerry’s visit came in the midst of warnings that “heavy snow would blanket the quake zone over the next four to five days, possibly triggering avalanches along the jagged peaks and promising more misery for the 3.5 million people left homeless by the Oct. 8 quake.”

Kerry toured a camp housing some 18,000 people who survived the 7.6-magnitude quake. Expressing compassion to survivor’s Kerry said, “We’re sorry you have to go through this.”


John Kerry, (surrounded by tight security) center in background in yellow jacket, visited a camp of Oct 8, 2005 earthquake survivors in Shangla district near Mansera, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan 14, 2006. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

MORE... MUCH MORE - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1659#more-1659

[Mass]

1. The pictures are really impressive. I am happy to see that Kerry went

there. May be he will be able to propose some helps that will be useful.

[globalvillage]

2. He's creating good will and proposing solutions

And the CIA is bombing civilians at the same time.
I don't think he can do much with that. Wonder what he's dealing with right now?

[kerrygoddess]

4. I loved all of the photos

The children were so hopeful and curious.

[babylonsister]

3. Kerry is proof that you don't have to be elected prez to

act like one, and he's doing a helluva lot better job than the blivet ever could. Thanks, kg!

[jenndar]

5. Those pictures are really something.

I hope at least some of them find their way into the US papers.

[TayTay]

6. That is just heart-breaking.

And it's brave of the Senator to go there when there are threats of a big snow-storm. I hope he makes it out again in order to continue his trip.

I'm glad to see those folks are at least minimally cared for through the winter. I hope that the relief supplies get to them in the spring so they can begin to rebuild their homes and lives.

Nice work, Senator. :loveya:

[_dynamicdems]

7. Wonderful and sad story.

The photos are amazing. And the photo that Whome found of JK and the little girl is very beautiful and touching. You can see how much JK really loves kids. This was a visit, not a photo op. He's looking the children in the eye and getting down to talk to them at their level, very different than Shrub's photo ops with Katrina victims. And you can bet JK will not walk away from those kids. You just know that he and
Teresa will be doing everything they can to help. This is someone who truly represents Americans, unlike that heartless bastard who spends more time cleaning brush than doing his job.

[jillan]

8. How can anyone have anything bad to say about this man?

I'm saving this one.

[kerrygoddess]

10. I love these two

although JK is not in them, it's the look of innocence and wonder as they wait to see him...



Even in the wake of the devastation and loss.

"Somewhere between “10,000 and 15,000 children had been orphaned in the quake but virtually all of them were being cared for by members of their extended families, reports UNICEF’s director in Pakistan, Omar Abdi."

[ProSense]

17. This is a great photo.

These images are very heartwarming. Caring is the first step, and knowing that Kerry always goes well beyond the first step is a source of hope.

[politicasista]

9. Thanks for the pics and story

I always like seeing Kerry with kids. :hi:

[jillan]

11. How about this? CNN had this on their scroll on the bottom of the screen

Former Presidential candidate John Kerry visits earthquake ravished area in Pakistan
"We're so sorry you have to go through this." he told them.

Wow - actually got a little bit of coverage.

[jillan]

12. delete - dupe

[JI7]

13. he is so wonderful

shortly before the elections i remember there was a pic of Pakistani kids campaigning for Kerry in Pakistan. really showed how important the elections were to people around the world.

(if anyone has or finds this pic i mentioned, please post it. i will try to look for it myself)

[JI7]

14. found some of them on Gettyimages

[Island Blue]

15. Wow, that top photo says it all.

"Love and Peace" in the foreground, a giant cutout of John Kerry in the background. The barb wire around the dove (the Love and Peace sign) is also interesting. It's really too bad that the entire world wasn't voting in the '04 US election - JK would have won by an absolute land slide.

[globalvillage]

16. This photo is in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today

No story, just the photo and caption. I guess, really, it speaks for itself.

[wisteria]

22. Thanks for the alert. I would have missed it. I was busy working on

other projects.

[rox63]

29. Coverage of JK's Pakistan visit in the Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/3587922.html

[ProSense]

18. Related, visit with Musharraf

Sun Jan 15, 10:10 AM ET
In this picture released by Press Information Department U. S. Senator John Kerry, center, and U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan Crocker, left, meets with Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf at Army House in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. Kerry toured earthquake-devastated parts of northern Pakistan, distributing school uniforms and meeting local leaders at a tented village funded partly by both the United States and communist Cuba. (AP Photo/Press Information Department, HO)

[fedupinBushcountry]

19. When does he leave Pakistan?

US Kills Civilians In Pakistan, Major Protests Erupt...


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/14/AR2006011400961.html

[globalvillage]

20. KG posted his schedule

Not sure if it's changed since.
http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1605

[ProSense]

21. Next is Afghanistan.

I'll be happy when he wraps up this trip. Ironic, this is proof Bush is making the world less safe. Porter Goss heads the CIA and he is a Bush appointee.

[jillan]

23. Looking at this pic - look at Kerry's body language

I could never imagine seeing * sitting in Kerry's place.
Kerry looks so relaxed, like he is sitting there just chatting with friends, rather than a
world leader in a controversial part of the world. If that was * sitting there, they would be posing for the cameras, that's it.

Also want to note that I found it interesting that the uniforms Kerry was passing out were funded from the US and CUBA! hmmmm

[ProSense]

24. The village is sponsored the U.S., Cuba and China

I don't think Kerry, or the US for that matter, has a say in where another country directs its humanitarian aid. And Cuba's involvement certainly doesn't preclude America from offering aid to the same community.

[jillan]

25. I should have said it as I was pleasantly surprised.

I would like to see US/Cuba relations improve.


edit - I can't type today!

[ProSense]

26. Well, some people are hypocrites

SMOOTH: The Cuban in Question

Web Exclusive | Nation

But Did He Inhale?

Anti-Castro Majority Leader Tom DeLay enjoys a fine Cuban cigar
By KAREN TUMULTY
Posted Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2005

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes, according to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a cigar is an economic prop to a brutal totalitarian regime. Arguing against loosening sanctions against Cuba last year, DeLay warned that Fidel Castro "will take the money. Every dime that finds its way into Cuba first finds its way into Fidel Castro's blood-thirsty hands.... American consumers will get their fine cigars and their cheap sugar, but at the cost of our national honor."

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1054968,00.html?cnn=yes

[jillan]

27. Leave it to DeLay

And just where did he get those fine Cuban cigars? Never mind - I really don't want to know.
Wonder what kind of cigars they have in jail?

[jillan]

28. Leave it to DeLay

And just where did he get those fine Cuban cigars? Never mind - I really don't want to know.
Wonder what kind of cigars they have in jail?

[TayTay]

30. What a time to visit!!!!!

Geez, Sen. Kerry was either in or jut about to come into Pakistan when that missile hit and killed those innocents. Musharraf had thousands of anti-American demonstrators in the street on 1/15. That must have been some meeting. I wonder if * called Sen. Kerry and asked him to relay the regrets of the US Government on the loss of the civilians or if he just by-passed JK due to spite. (I mean, geez, I hope he called Kerry and ask him to personally convey the regrets of the US people. It would be a better thing for my country.)

Now to Afghanistan. Karzei is in trouble too. That whole region is so unstable. Godspeed Senator, come home soon. (When Pres Karzei was in Boston last year to give the Commencement address at BU, he asked if he could throw out the first pitch to a game at Fenway. He's a Red Sox fan. Wonder if that topic will come up. "Sen Kerry, please, speak to the people who own the Red Sox. Next time I am in Boston, I really, really, really want to pitch at Fenway." "I'll see what I can do."