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2010-01-17 Caribbean-Latin America

U.N. confirms death of Haiti mission chief Annabi

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Posted by Steve White 2010-01-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Look lets face it - They are all dead Jim

- 80 degree heat, no water, this is no rescue mission without massive amount of heavy equiptment to clear debris.

If you ain't walking and talking by now - your DEAD !

Posted by Ulusoth Poodle8157 2010-01-17 13:10|| 2010-01-17 13:10|| Front Page Top

#2 U.N. confirms death of Haiti mission chief Annabi
That is all the information you need to understand what happened with the Belgian medical team. The one person that had the authority to actually order something done was dead. There is little in the way of "chain of command", and even less in the way of using initiative. That is something we can lay directly at the feet of the European education system, which destroys whatever little amount of "initiative" any pupil might possess to begin with. That's also why most commenters above are so pissed - most Americans would have acted differently.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-01-17 18:29|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/ 2010-01-17 18:29|| Front Page Top

#3 I dunno, OP. The same thing happened during Mogadishu ops in 1993.

Posted by Pappy 2010-01-17 19:29|| 2010-01-17 19:29|| Front Page Top

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