Why are leaders of certain countries underestimating current situation?

@PhilDeep except you don't need to be scientists to understand the situation. 😬

@JBird I tried to soften that slightly, but frankly I think most politicians are power-crazed fools who don't give two hoots about the populace unless it's about getting votes off them. They won't be looking at anything much from a humanitarian perspective, in my opinion, which is what this requires...