 As famine swept through Russia in 1921, claiming five million innocent peasants' lives, the future President Herbert Hoover (who was then director of the American Relief Administration) sent $24 million of food and medical aid to the recently formed Bolshevik government. When asked why he was helping the Russian Communists, Hoover replied, "Twenty million people are starving. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!" Sunday's devastating tsunami has given the United States another opportunity to showcase its immense compassion and limitless humanitarian instincts. And, as with every such act of national charity, our altruistic efforts have been rewarded with a fit of ingratitude from the Hate America Left. |