
Originally Posted by
malfeas99
You seem to be under the impression that you are making intellectual headway here.
How does one, exactly, 'defend his own country from mother nature'? Are you seriously this stupid?
Yes, we are at war. No, there is no shortage of manpower. There WAS an unacceptable delay in getting them there, but there is certainly no lack of manpower. There are also provisions against using the military as a law enforcement tool, except under specific circumstances (it is illegal otherwise). They just decided the circumstances existed a couple of days ago.
Ok, genius, now the helicoper's flown in and landed. How do you transport him to affected areas? Is he still in the helicopter when he's surveying the damage? What are the several hundred people necessary to constitute his security detail (from protection to logistics to transportation to communication) doing? Oh, that's right, they're not rescuing people, allowing people like you to complain even more about how things aren't getting done fast enough.