REPOST : US seeks more NATO help on Katrina

[tocqueville]

39 minutes ago

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States asked NATO on Thursday for help in transporting European aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina amid concern that assistance is not getting through to the devastated region quickly enough.

U.S. ambassador Victoria Nuland asked allies at an emergency meeting to study "a stronger logistical and transport role" for the 26-nation defense alliance in shifting the mass of pledged European humanitarian aid, NATO and U.S. officials said.

"Especially heavy sea-lift may be used," said one NATO official, who requested anonymity. Some airlift assistance was also being examined.

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The mission would be an early test of the alliance's much-heralded NATO Response Force (NRF), a rapid reaction fighting unit created to allow it deploy in trouble zones across the globe within a matter of days.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050908/ts_nm/katrina_nato_dc


I didn't get any response on that one, but it's lead phpto on Yahoo. Big fight with freepers on that board, BTW, they are going nuts.

[Spazito]

1. Thanks for the link. One question..Why are the freepers going

nuts? Is it because the US had to ask for help from NATO?

[tocqueville]

2. yes, with posts like below :

"Over the years we have sent them 2 trillion US$'s in aid. It is about time they repay our goodwill!" which is of course bullshit.

what they don't know (or don't want to know) is that NATO is financed to 90% by its member countries.

Besides the Marshall help was 60 years ago and about $100 billions in today's money. And a lot has been repaid and was very profitable for BOTH economies.

[Spazito]

3. Thanks! I am not at all suprised at them, sadly

They tend to live in the 'glorious past' even if it really wasn't that glorious, lol.