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To: Snowshoe who wrote (58027)	1/1/2005 4:07:34 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Aircraft carriers are endangered species. They need to put out to seat to prove to the Armed Forces Committee they are still 'usefull'. I don't see the suitability of a platform to launch airplanes for the type of operations required. Brazil just loaded up food and medicine and send it by airplane. L. America steps up humanitarian aid for tsunami-hit Asian countries news.xinhuanet.com

To: Snowshoe who wrote (58027)	1/1/2005 4:26:28 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Re: The USA is sending two aircraft carriers to the disaster area. Who the hell are we bombing next? What the U.S. government should do is to commandeer every cruise ship on the planet and send them. Aircraft carriers? Gimme a break. They are fully manned, incapable of providing housing, require lighters to provision them and offer nothing of value in a humanitarian crisis situation. Send in the lighters. Send in the support ships. Send in the medical staffs (oops, they're too busy with amputations in Ramstein, sorry about that), send in something useful, ferchrissakes. Aircraft carriers? WTF are we going to do? Bomb the beaches to clear them?

To: Snowshoe who wrote (58027)	1/8/2005 7:30:16 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

aircraft carriers to the disaster area. How many is Brazil sending? Just one. Oh, shit. Lula decided to emulate Bush! Brazil sends more relief aid to tsunami-ravaged countries www.chinaview.cn 2005-01-08 10:22:56 BRASILIA, Jan. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- A Brazilian air force plane is to depart Friday night from Galeao Airport of Rio de Janeiro for Medan of Indonesia, carrying six tons of medicine and nine tons ofwater for the victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami. Also on board is a team of experts of the armed forces and the ministries of Health, Agriculture and Foreign Affairs. Their mission is to assess the most urgent needs of the survivors and guide the actions of the Brazilian government in the region. This is the third batch of cargo sent by the Brazilian government to the tsunami-devastated countries. With Friday's shipment, Brazil's aid materials to Asian countries totaled 92 tons. The financial value was not estimated by the authorities, although the air transportation expenses alone amounted to 1.2 million US dollars. Meanwhile, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held a meeting with Defense Minister Jose Alencar and Jorge Felix, chief of Institutional Security Cabinet, to discuss the possibility of increasing assistance to the affected countries. Reports said Brazil will send an aircraft carrier with 1,200 men of the navy, troops of the Army Engineers Battalion and helicopters to the affected area. On Tuesday, general Jorge Felix will represent Brazil at the meeting of donor countries, organized by the United Nations at Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting will decide on new donations and also the possibility of moratorium of debts of countries affected by the catastrophe.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (58027)	1/8/2005 7:32:23 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

aircraft carriers to the disaster area. How many is Brazil sending? Just one. Oh, shit. Lula decided to emulate Bush! Brazil sends more relief aid to tsunami-ravaged countries www.chinaview.cn 2005-01-08 10:22:56 BRASILIA, Jan. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- A Brazilian air force plane is to depart Friday night from Galeao Airport of Rio de Janeiro for Medan of Indonesia, carrying six tons of medicine and nine tons ofwater for the victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami. Also on board is a team of experts of the armed forces and the ministries of Health, Agriculture and Foreign Affairs. Their mission is to assess the most urgent needs of the survivors and guide the actions of the Brazilian government in the region. This is the third batch of cargo sent by the Brazilian government to the tsunami-devastated countries. With Friday's shipment, Brazil's aid materials to Asian countries totaled 92 tons. The financial value was not estimated by the authorities, although the air transportation expenses alone amounted to 1.2 million US dollars. Meanwhile, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held a meeting with Defense Minister Jose Alencar and Jorge Felix, chief of Institutional Security Cabinet, to discuss the possibility of increasing assistance to the affected countries. Reports said Brazil will send an aircraft carrier with 1,200 men of the navy, troops of the Army Engineers Battalion and helicopters to the affected area. On Tuesday, general Jorge Felix will represent Brazil at the meeting of donor countries, organized by the United Nations at Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting will decide on new donations and also the possibility of moratorium of debts of countries affected by the catastrophe.