Friday, April 29, 2005

Belgium Update

Here's one for our dearly departed old friend PvP from Yahoo News:
Belgian doctors sent an Iraqi girl home on Thursday after treating her for leg wounds caused by a bomb during the U.S. invasion -- and sent the 51,570 euro ($66,650) bill to the U.S. embassy.

"We haven't heard from them yet," said Bert De Belder, coordinator of the humanitarian agency Medical Aid for Third World which brought the girl to Belgium.

"I'm curious to know their reaction," he told Reuters. "We're giving them 10 days to respond ... I don't think they will pay it."
I like James Taranto's response from Best of the Web:
How about this: We'll pay the Belgians' medical bills when they compensate us for saving them from Hitler.
Yeah. That about sums up my view on this too.

Mark: You got anything to add?