Comments on: Too Little Too Late for Haiti? Six Sobering Points

By: jon s

jon s — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:37:33 +0000

Maryb, Yes there are moments of pride:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1143302.html

By: Danny Ray

Danny Ray — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:15:06 +0000

we fed a ot of peple, we healed a lot of people, we built a number of water treatment plants and kept a lot of people safe during that mission, it was much better than sitting on your ass and complaining.

By: Maryb

Maryb — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:54:10 +0000

Your Emperors should be proud of you.

By: Danny Ray

Danny Ray — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:33:51 +0000

Me, personally? As a matter of fact I was wearing a blue hat at a hole in the wall called Santos and spending my days trying to keep the Tonton’s from stealing everything not nailed down. Not very Successfully I will add. where were you? My guess would be grad school.

By: Deadbeat

Deadbeat — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:05:09 +0000

but the left on this web site would rather spend their time practicing their anti-Semitism and blogging about how the Jews rule the world than read and comment on these two items

Where was Danny Ray when Clinton & Bush overthrew Aristide? The Left has been pointing about Haiti for years but the Right never really cared about poor Black folks whether Haiti or Harlem.

By: Danny Ray

Danny Ray — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:09:03 +0000

Bpeterson, The buisness of the US navy is power projection and that is best done with nuc Aircraft carriers. Landing ships just do not project power.

I agree that the v22 is crap and always be.

Most of my pilot friends are not happy with the JSF, but as one said to me what are you going to do.

By: bpeterson1931

bpeterson1931 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:28:19 +0000

Haiti disaster relief and the hills of Afghanistan/Pakistan may represent the most common type of military operations required in the 21st Century. In cases like these normal methods of delivering personnel and equipment are of little use, and what is required is a huge supply of helicopters and other vertical lift aircraft. It is interesting that the first ship we could supply was a $5 billion dollar nuclear powered aircraft carrier with 19 helicopters on board (normal complement of aircraft is about 90). 8 to 10 helicopter support ships complete with hospitals could be built for the same price. We are now in the process of acquiring some 2,500 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) for $340 billion (and rising), while the only recent significant vertical lift development being the questionable V22 Osprey program. The JSF is of no use in operations like Haiti and the hills of Afghanistan, and the V22 may be of only marginal value.

By: Danny Ray

Danny Ray — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:50:19 +0000

I find it both indicative and interesting that one of the most horrifying human disasters in the last 50 years has occurred in Haiti . Moreover, Mr. Quigley has written two excellent articles about what needs to be done, but the left on this web site would rather spend their time practicing their anti-Semitism and blogging about how the Jews rule the world than read and comment on these two items. It should not be a wonder that no one takes the far left seriously. And I believe that it will remain this way for at least one week until you people can start flogging America because you thing we have not done enough to help or that we have ulterior motives.