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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.
This wasn't like a Hurricane that people were prepared to send in aid right away, this was a normal day in Hatti then 5 mins later it's destroyed.
The time it took us to get troops into Hatti and get things moving, was actually a bit faster than what it took under Bush with Katrina, which shows how incompetent the Bush admin was. What happened under Bush should have been criminal TBH.
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not sure if this is entirely correct, considering there is still areas surrounding new orleans that would have been able to be used and to get supplies in, as well as different avenues such as helicopters etc that could have been utilized to drop basic foodstuffs such as water/supplies in the major areas of disaster.. they had the warnings..
canada offered to get our search and rescue teams and support ships there within 48 hours.. the naval vessels were denied for whatever reason i'm not judging on, our search and rescue teams were accepted and upon arrival were not utilized due to 'safety' issues of looting etc
your point of 'waiting for request of assistance' is a good one, but i would have thought due to the international base and past history of assitance, not to mention the Haiti ambassador requesting assistance within hours of the disaster, it would matter very little for formal permission, considering the capital is a waste land and there is no more effective government