I AM DISCUSTED AT OUR GOVT AND PRESIDENT!!

[Tim]

Re: RE: I AM DISCUSTED AT OUR GOVT AND PRESIDENT!!

Jesus Christ CareBear. The disaster happened a week ago. What do we live in the movies? Do you live in a f ucking movie? We're so used to seeing the president pick up a phone, make one order and the entire stateside batallion is moving out within 24 hours in the scenes of some of the best war movies.

My brother in law is in the military. Shit like that just DOES NOT HAPPEN. There is months of planning, months of organizing that goes into getting troops, peacekeepers, food and medical aid to the needy. You can't sit here within a week of when the hurricane hit landfall and with a sober thought in your head tell me that the US can simply mobilize "100,000 marines" in that amount of time?

Can you?

Please tell me you can't?

I'm sorry but getting pissed off at Bush isn't the answer. Getting pissed off at the military isn't the answer. Being pissed off just isn't the answer at all.

It's easy to get pissed at Bush for the lack of leadership here. For God's sake, he has been on vacation almost 20% of his fucking presidency. Then to have the balls to show up to asses the damages with his fucking dog like this is play time.
Yes the Military can be on the scene of a natural disaster within our own borders within 24 hours of getting the OK from the commander in chief. Months of planning???? WTF are you talking about? Even some jerk water 3rd world nation can mobilize their military sooner than that. We are not talking about strategic bombing runs through heavily fortified defences.