"lil abner" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"Harry" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
We keep hearing complaints that the US military is hogging the main
airport with its' one runway for their own purposes (flying in
soldiers) rather than letting all the relief planes arrive. Saw a
report tonight of a makeshift hospital, a couple hundred feet from the
airport, sewing a couple of kids up without anesthetic or other medical
supplies.
Might be time for the Americans to go out and play soldier while
someone else runs the airport.
The Haitian people need all manner of medical supplies today...not next
week.

Full employment for the military?

Might be.
The French and Doctors Without Borders were also complaining about the
big bottleneck and the slow pace of getting supplies out where they're
needed.
Who would run it?
The Haitian Officials was apparently still running the airport in some
capacity.
There is only so much room to land and park.
The Chinese held up landings, at one point, while they posed their
aircraft and "Workers" for a photo op.
There was a msnbc report, I think, that they had more food than they could
distribute or store.
The Medical needs seem to be huge. It takes time. I think our People are
doing a great job.


I do as well, but I also think the Israelies are also. They had their
portable hospitals up and running almost immediately.

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