I don't know what to make of this

I'm an only child, and I can't say how I'd react to discovering I had a young half-brother, especially not one who was half a world away from me, living in poverty and savagery. But I'm pretty sure I'd at least slip the man a couple of quid a month, if doing so tripled his take-home pay. I'm not even loaded, like an American senator and presidential candidate is.

I realise that we are not our brothers' keepers, but I think this reflects very poorly indeed on Obama. The man is your own flesh and blood, you callous fuck -- why not give him some hope?