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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 11:37 AM
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Help me out here. US Military choppers will be aiding Islamabad
within 48 hours of the earthquake.

How long did it take them to deliver aid to Katrina?

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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 11:38 AM
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1. uuughghghgh
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 11:39 AM
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2. The subtext is nukes...those nukes must not fall into the wrong hands.
Of course, the nukes are already in the wrong hands, but that is a matter of opinion.

PB
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 11:41 AM
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3. Yep. If New Orleans had nukes the military would have been there sooner
Funny how that works.

Don
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 11:44 AM
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5. Dammit. That's it. I'm gonna use my 2nd amendment right and get me a nuke
That way, if I'm ever flooded, I can expect help quickly.

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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 11:42 AM
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4. if yuo think the coasteies
as soon as the storm was out....

If yuo talk the rest of the Gov'mnet, don't get me started... and you truly don't want to know just how mad that makes me... readching for the tumms
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 11:48 AM
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6. Not enough coffee? Or too much coffee?
:toast:

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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 11:52 AM
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7. Hee hee. I was wondering myself.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 12:03 PM
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8. No I just recgonize that the Coast Guard
Edited on Sun Oct-09-05 12:03 PM by nadinbrzezinski
was out there as it was doing its job, but the rest of the heavy lift helo capacity that we needed did not reach the area until five days later, which is UNACCEPTABLE... clear enough for youf now?
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 04:38 PM
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9. Wow. five days for the heavy lift helos?
That's pretty damning for the people stating that we aren't stretched thin here with the guard in Iraq.

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Kralizec Donating Member (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 04:42 PM
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10. That's because all our military (including National Guard) are closer
to the middle east than they are to our own country and home. Nice one, dubya!
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