Fearing riots, Guard rejects food airdrops

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?article=31346§ion=104

Authorities are avoiding airdropping provisions into New Orleans — the traditional way of supplying disaster victims — out of fear of sparking riots, a state official said.

While the military has used helicopters to drop provisions to some stranded in New Orleans, authorities have not launched the massive supply airdrops seen in Afghanistan at the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Several C-130 Hercules aircraft are stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, but authorities have not ordered them to drop supplies to flood victims, Arkansas Air National Guard officials said.

Airdropping supplies could actually worsen the situation, said Army National Guard Lt. Kevin Cowan, with the state Office of Emergency Preparedness.

“Just like Afghanistan, you drop food, it creates chaos,” Cowan said.

[Jade Fox]

1. Better to let people starve???

[givemebackmycountry]

2. Oh my God.

Just like Afghanistan, you drop food, it creates chaos,” Cowan said.

This is an American city and we treat it like Somalia.

My God.

[jimshoes]

3. They are too damn weak to riot

fucking assholes.

[NMDemDist2]

4. oh for God's sake, what total bullshit (excuse my language) n/t

[Avalux]

5. I must be missing something here.

First of all - this is Saturday - how many people are still there?? And what about the thousands of National Guard troops supposedly there? They'd rather people die than risk a riot? :wtf:

[sandnsea]

6. It'd be a big old wet t-shirt riot

I can see it now, people flopping around in the water, lunging at each other, floaty supplies all over the place...

What a bunch of fucktards. You CAN'T riot in a flood and you CAN drop a few NG's to hand out the food where there isn't a flood.

[ThoughtCriminal]

7. At least here

They would not have to worry about food packets that resemble cluster bomblets.

[brettdale]

8. keep kicked

kicked.

[FormerRepublican]

9. We need to remove EVERY INEPT, HEARTLESS SOB that currently...

...takes up space in our government.

The response to this disaster is TOTALLY, COMPLETELY, CRIMINALLY unacceptable!!

I'm so angry that I can't contain it all.

[SofaKingLiberal]

10. BULLSHIT!!! Not dropping food and water is going to cause riots.

[SofaKingLiberal]

11. “Just like Afghanistan, you drop food, it creates chaos,” Cowan said.

What did I miss, are they also dropping cluster bombs?

[lostnfound]

12. Recommended. Sheer lie, and implies NOLA residents are more violent..!!

than Afghans?

An important lie of an answer to an important question.

[SofaKingLiberal]

13. kick

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. That won't stop riots in other parts of the country. Get on the

ball already Fatherland InSecurity!


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[incapsulated]

15. I watched them make food drops all afternoon on CNN

So I guess they changed their minds.