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Originally Posted by crockett
We did have people there with in 24/hrs.. However you can't pick up a naval vessel and move it instantly. We also can't just send in aircraft when there was no functioning airport. Our Naval vessels were in route in under 24/hrs but they don't just show up instantly.
US special forces went in by the second day and were setting up a temporary control tower, after that was done planes started moving things in. (don't forget this happened late in the day, meaning nothing could be sent in till the second day anyway)
Not to mention Hatti is it's own country, we can't just start rolling in troops with out their permission, or until it become apparent that their own govt is in cable of requesting the help. I believe it was a mix of the two that happened.
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For those of you who think you are know it alls:
It is only just over 200 miles from Guantanamo (US Military Naval Base) to Port Au Prince, Haiti.
We have military THERE, The US Navy (with boats & helicopters), and they are so close to Haiti that the Haitians use little sinking boats to try to get to Gitmo, and you're telling me we couldn't get there any faster? You STRONGLY underestimate the Navy. They could have been there, by boat or helicopter, with supplies very, very fast.
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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Umm...What crack pipe are you smoking?
We had Coast Guard and Nato in Haiti when it happened. The coast guard checking out run ways shortly after it was safe to check.. the reponse time was instant, the ability to get more help in, isn't instant...
It's not like they can drop a 5k lb vacuum bomb and clear out a runway..
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Comning from someone who appears to be a Marine, I have to ask, what crack are YOU smoking and did you not learn anything during your time of service? Every hear of a helicopter? Anyone clue you in that the Navy had boats and were in Cuba?
We had limited people in Haiti when it happened and the Navy should have been there within 12 hours max. It's great aid is pouring in, I'm only saying we should have been there faster considering the location of Guantanamo.