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To: ratan lal who wrote (5296)	10/15/2001 2:56:34 PM
From: HG	Respond to of 281500

The problem with intermittant truce is that it gives the enemy a chance to refresh and rebuild. US army learnt that the hard way in Vietnam.

To: ratan lal who wrote (5296)	10/15/2001 3:45:35 PM
From: LLLefty	Respond to of 281500

Ratan Lal >I ownder if they can call a truce, drop 250,000 tons of food and start the ware again when the winter snow thaws ?< I don't know whether your comment was meant to be serious or humorous but 277,500 flights were required to airlift 2.3 million tons of coal and food to Berlin in 1948-59. With a cargo plane able to carry max 15-20 tons, it would probably require some 12,000 plus planeloads to supply Afghanis with food alone. Moreover, it's doubtful that the destroyed runways could handle the traffic. BTW, one of the post-war's biggest US aid programs--outside of Berlin-- went to India during the Bihar drought. There was a US ship spread every 50 miles across the Pacific carrying grain to east Indian ports. The US took IOUs in rupees and later wrote off all but a bit of entire debt which amounted to some 20 per cent more of Indian currency. The bit it kept was designed to pay the local costs of operating the US Embassy. There were complaints from the GOI about that bit.