Obama Stands UP, Bush Laid DOWN! (Afghanistan, rating, claim, support)

[highcotton]

Katrina relief commander says US could do better

But retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who served as the task force commander for relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, said Thursday evening in an interview that he believes the American government could do better.
“I thought we had learned that from Katrina, take food and water and start evacuating people,” Honoré says. “I think this will get better over the next couple days, but I thought we could have had a faster start.”

“It’s astonishing to me that the media can beat the US military in there,” Honoré says. He said he believes that the American government’s bureaucracy still stands in the way and that it must be changed to allow the Defense Department to act quicker instead of getting entangled in red tape.

Pentagon defends response time of Haiti aid efforts / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by highcotton

Blackhawks, Hueys, Chinooks - They can drop heavy equipment, Humvees, medical supplies, food and water, generators, fuel, and personnel for security.

Nice pix, pointing out clear highways. NOT the case in Haiti!

[highcotton]

If this disaster was on U.S. soil or territory it would be called a complete failure.

[highcotton]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Nice pix, pointing out clear highways. NOT the case in Haiti!

That's why you air drop-in the military first to clear out any people, then immediately drop the aid and supplies with choppers that are in-waiting.

[tinman01]

Originally Posted by highcotton

Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing worked through the predawn darkness Friday to bring a sliver of order in the chaos wrought by the earthquake that has killed thousands here. They erected tents, established communication by satellite with planes and began to manage the first trickle of what is expected to be a flood of humanitarian aid. Staff Sgt. David Dumalo arrived Thursday morning as part of a 13-member team charged with assessing damage to the airport and what could be done to make it work efficiently.

They should have arrived 24 hours earlier...

Spoken like someone who honestly has no idea. First of all you do realize that we need to be invited first? Otherwise it is called an invasion. Another our efforts have to cleared and coordinated with the nation in question.
We need to coordinate with other nations bringing in aid.
Logistics are everything. One of the reasons New Orleans was a failed mission was the fact that New Orleans insisted on final say in every action. As a result people who didn't have a clue were calling the shots. Thus the mess.
Do you really want a free for all in Haiti?

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by highcotton

That's why you air drop-in the military first to clear out any people, then immediately drop the aid and supplies with choppers that are in-waiting.

Y'know, there was an earthquake there. The highways are wrecked! Perhaps the military ways don't work in earthquake relief.

[highcotton]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Y'know, there was an earthquake there. The highways are wrecked! Perhaps the military ways don't work in earthquake relief.

Heaven forbid if we have an earthquake.

[tinman01]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Y'know, there was an earthquake there. The highways are wrecked! Perhaps the military ways don't work in earthquake relief.

I know. Not enough, not fast enough not right enough.
By the way do you know this from years of experience in the field? Or years of experience watching TV?
See Navy behind earth quake thread...

[wildflower82]

Katrina had NOTHING to do with President Bush and had EVERYTHING to do with PAPERWORK, FEMA not being organized, Good Ole' Mayor.... Ray "Chocolate City" Nagin.

Obama hasn't organized a thing he just gave the GO and look at the chaos over there because everyone wants to help and there is NO direction. It's not any better.

If one thing our people could learn from the Haitians, they are trying to help themselves, they are not whining in the streets for government HELP. Looks like if we give them what they need, little support and help they can do it on their own.

[Minethatbird]

I understand tomorrow he will traipsing about Massachusetts ..... this will help Haiti how?