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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (545566)1/22/2010 11:30:03 AM
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Violent gangs had already raided the Red Cross repositioned relief supplies. They would have taken control of the airdropped supplies and those in need would not have received them. No death would have ben prevented and possibly more would have resulted.

This happens in all such disasters, but is exacerbated by the lack of supplies. I'm not sure to what extent the violence is really the problem, however.

I don't think Khe Sanh is a great comparison but Katrina is - with the scope, of course, being far bigger.

The circumstances are difficult and it takes a few days to get your act together -- we saw that in Katrina, too. But 7, 8, 9 days in, to have Sanja Gupta shuttling medical supplies from the tarmac to the ad-hoc surgical facilities is just ridiculous.

I don't think we're the solution to all problems but this is right in our own back yard and we ought to be able to provide at least water, MREs, and medical supplies in a timely manner.
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