Katrina fall-out

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Martin Hotze wrote:

"Morgans" wrote:

Hell, bring in the C-17's, and C-5A's and C-130's. Marshall law should
have
been declared, all should have been driven out, and transportation
provided
for those who needed it. Set up refugee camps at closed military
bases, and
all could have lived much more comfortably than they are now.

This is one point I can't understand .... you (the USA) is able to invade
a
country in a matter of 1 or 2 days (I don't want to argue about *that*
right now), bring thousands of soldiers from one side of the planet to
the
other one ... but: aren't you able to bring several thousand of soldiers,
a
carrier, etc. down to New Orleans? Let your troops do something useful.

#m

Actually it took about 6 months to get the soldiers in place for Iraq.
One commentator on NPR this morning cited the old maxim, "Amateurs
discuss strategy, professionals discuss logistics."

It also took about a year of up to 10,000 Special Ops covert operators
prepping the battlefield, using bribery and other techniques to soften the
Republican Guard. Once the invasion began, it took several days to get to
Baghdad, a distance that one could ordinarily drive in a few hours. I agree
that there should have been much better planning in place for NO, but the
professionals have some understanding of the problems that would shock
amateurs:

http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/washingaway/
"The American Red Cross will not put emergency shelters in the area because
it does not want to put volunteers or evacuees in danger."

- Rick