19-01-2010, 06:58 PM
I was just doing some research on Barrick Gold and its project in the Dominican and ran across the history of LBJ's use of the airborne trrops in the D.R. Openly, I had already mused to my wife that if we really wanted to provide immediate assistance, we could have parachuted medics, gear, food, rescue teams and more almost immediately; these initial responders would have the task of scoping out locations for larger inflow, field hospitals, and other reconnaissance that would be of value. Elsewhere, I've already posted the references to studies about emergent behavior in disasters which document that the people will self-organize. However, Haiti has already been trashed to the nines, so its people are destitute and in a poor infrastructure, and the government was in no condition to organize anything itself. Alas, American fascism marches onward...
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"