CNN:

At the United Nations, the official spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the U.S. was the country best prepared in the world to deal with such a natural disaster.
But he added that the sheer size of the catastrophe meant outside help might be useful.
“The American people, who have always been the most generous in responding to disasters in other parts of the world, have now themselves suffered a grievous blow,” he said.

I’ll call it The Bolton Effect. (It’s Friday. Just being light at a heated time…don’t go nuts ….)