Archived material Access restricted Article
Rantburg

Today's Front Page   View All of Tue 12/28/2004 View Mon 12/27/2004 View Sun 12/26/2004 View Sat 12/25/2004 View Fri 12/24/2004 View Thu 12/23/2004 View Wed 12/22/2004
1
2004-12-28 Southeast Asia
U.S. Navy helping countries hit by tidal wave
Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.
Posted by  trailing wife 2004-12-28 3:41:13 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 As far as the UN and the world is concerned this doesn't count as help even if the operating cost runs up into the millions. Help only counts when it is in dollars and is somewhat untrackable between donor country and swiss bank account.
Posted by RJSchwarz 2004-12-28 9:41:01 AM|| [http://politicaljunky.blogspot.com]  2004-12-28 9:41:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 they don’t engage directly in search and rescue operations, but they are an invaluable resource for such missions. Their crews can spot people stranded in the tidal wave area and can even drop life rafts to them

Jeebus.
Posted by Shipman 2004-12-28 9:53:43 AM||   2004-12-28 9:53:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Heck, those Orions would have been flying anyway, right? So it doesn't even count.

As for the US nationals, yes, get them out the fastest way possible. The tsunami area is going to be Not Good for Americans when the seething gets going...
Posted by Seafarious  2004-12-28 10:04:32 AM||   2004-12-28 10:04:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The seething has already started. Link below.
U.N. official slams U.S. as 'stingy' over aid
Posted by Poison Reverse 2004-12-28 10:36:36 AM||   2004-12-28 10:36:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, maybe if the UN could get a hold of some of that Oil for Food money from Kojo....
I don't know what's more unbelievable, the damage that this tsunami/quake caused, or that idiot's unbelievable gall.
Posted by Desert Blondie 2004-12-28 1:06:18 PM||   2004-12-28 1:06:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 DB - The earthquake / tsunami is a natural disaster and the UN is an unnatural disaster?

Just musing aloud... ;-)
Posted by .com 2004-12-28 1:08:11 PM||   2004-12-28 1:08:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#7  U.N. official slams U.S. as 'stingy' over aid

But U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland suggested that the United States and other Western nations were being "stingy" with relief funds, saying there would be more available if taxes were raised.

Wow, this asshole sure has a lot of nerve.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-28 1:47:50 PM||   2004-12-28 1:47:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Stingy

Suppose the GPS system the rescuers will undoubtedly use is stingy. Suppose the non-governmental aid in the form of donations of the American Public is stingy or not even calculated in their bean counter numbers. Suppose the lift capability in air and sea capability redirected from military assets will be stingy. Suppose the satellite and air reccon photo support that is going to be employed from the US is stingy. Etc, etc, etc.

Maybe its time for our illustrious Congress to pass a resolution telling the UN dandies to Eat S**t and Die.
Posted by Whaing Wherong1888 2004-12-28 3:00:06 PM||   2004-12-28 3:00:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Lol, WW - well put! Apparently Egeland is on his knees fellating everyone who'll have anything to do with him, at the moment. Seems Powell, early today, rather ripped (for Diplo-Speak, anyway) Egeland and, by extension, others in the UN "aid" agencies. I use scare quotes because it's not the UN's money - they get to play Santa and Savior with Other People's Money. A real boon to institutional fuckwits like Egeland who's probably never actually had a real job.
Posted by .com 2004-12-28 3:06:11 PM||   2004-12-28 3:06:11 PM|| Front Page Top

22:46 Aris Katsaris
22:46 Aris Katsaris
22:39 Aris Katsaris
22:39 Aris Katsaris
22:38 Aris Katsaris
22:38 Aris Katsaris
22:37 Aris Katsaris
22:37 Aris Katsaris
22:35 Aris Katsaris
22:35 Aris Katsaris
21:48 Cromorong Chomble7321
00:01 Poison Reverse
23:59 Aris Katsaris
23:57 cingold
23:56 Poison Reverse
23:55 Mike Sylwester
23:54 Aris Katsaris
23:54 RWV
23:50 Aris Katsaris
23:46 Poison Reverse
23:45 ex-lib
23:39 Mike Sylwester
23:36 Poison Reverse
23:33 Korora









Paypal:
Google
Search WWW Search rantburg.com