Reply #42: American military assets are spread out. They're too busy helping Afghans and Libyans!

[Mimosa]

After the levees failed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many of us New orleanians wondered where was the military? Where was the National Gurd, the Reservists. We soon figured out when the tanks and hummers arrived with lots of 18 to 21 year old inexperienced troops. Remember the ages of the troops riding around with rifles pointed in the general direction of desperate New Orleans? Remember the video footage of General Honore yelling at the raw recruits to 'put down those weapuns! NOW!'

People scavenged deserted stores in order to get canned goods, beers sodas, diapers, undies, towels and OTC medicines.

Charity Hospital doctors had asked some cops to make supply runs to a nearby drugstore.

The USA has been putting troops and equipment into Iraq and Afghanistan. Those are costly 'humanitarian' enterprises. :eyes:

The OP UK Telegraph article is real reporting. It hurts to read it but read it we must. AND HELP THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN, TOO.