Re: Bush is either a liar, or an idiot, or both.

keith wrote:

On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:58:46 +0100, Dirk Bruere at Neopax wrote:


Fred Bloggs wrote:



Dirk Bruere at Neopax wrote:


Fred Bloggs wrote:



Dirk Bruere at Neopax wrote:


Fred Bloggs wrote:


And then the stranded population in New Orleans was just a very small fraction of the total stranded all throughout the Gulf Coast. The military was ordered to mobilize a relief effort for the whole region- and this means ships and heavy air transport- and this is exactly what they are doing. They are not going to drop everything and possibly abandon the other people just to make a publicity coup for the group in New Orleans. And on top of that, New Orleans had security and control problems which required additional planning and deployment- makes their situation worse because it's going to take longer.





Crap.
Tens of thousands of people crowded into a small space without food, water or law should have been THE priority. It was certainly easy enough from a logistical POV.


It is not easy logistically because water is not easy to transport- and all the local water was salt water, de-salination may not be part of the Army inventory of field water supply installations and they don't have all that many anyway. There comes a time when people need to start to taking of themselves or at least mitigate their suffering- this did not occur in New Orleans. You just let the planners who have intimate knowledge of their capability and best situational awareness run this show- and don't worry about it.



Well, supplying law and order plus basic medical supplies for the most needy would have been *easy*. 500 troops airlifted into the stadium would have done it with no problem whatsoever.


There *were* Louisiana National Guard at the stadium from the beginning, they were controlling the original occupancy. You mean they left during the storm?


BTW, how have the people from the stadium been evacuated given that the water has not subsided?


Apparently they are just a short walk through knee-deep water to a major roadway that is intact.

Pity that the US military didn't think of walking. 


The US military doesn't have the authority to intervene in domestic
affairs.  That authority can only come from Congress, which is not in
session.


Oh.. the holidays.
And I thought there wasn't a good excuse...

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