They don't need security you white pompous assholes....

[Tyranny_R_US]

they need food,water and rescue!


I can't believe what they are saying on TV!

[Extend a Hand]

1. my husband just said the same thing

I feel helpless. This is disgraceful and horrifying

[carlvs]

4. I can say the same thing about the people

in the nursing home referred to at the start of this article... oh, wait - they did have the supplies before the people whose behavior you and so many others here on this site have been defending drove them off!!! :grr:

[mattclearing]

10. Very few people are defending the looters.

If you are more interested in the looters than the starving and dehydrating people everywhere, your priorities are clearly out of whack.

[patcox2]

2. Unfortunately, you are wrong. You cannot hand out relief without security

Right now, it is dangerous for relief workers to start handing out supplies, water, etc., because mobs form whenever they start and riots are likely. People desperate for food or water become afraid there will be none by the time its their turn, so they don't wait, they push and shove and it turns very very ugly.

This is common in situations like this, not a criticism of the people of NO. Though it is made worse by the number of people with guns.

There have been near-riots already when the evacuation busses arive. The police are advising news people not to eat or drink anywhere in public where they can be seen.

Without security they are not going to be able to hand out supplies without getting killed.

[Bridget Burke]

5. If relief & security had begun soon enough....

Things would not have gotten out of hand. That's usually a function of the National Guard.

[patcox2]

8. You are right, the lack of response has been criminal.

I am just saying you can't tell the aid workers to just grab a few liters of water and walk in there, they'd get torn to shreds.

[MsTryska]

3. apparently they do need security.

folks are desperate now - and you need to be able to keep the populace calm while doling out food and water.


that's SOP with any rescue operation.


you may not notice the guys with the rifles, when the trucks come through hurling supplies at the masses, but trust me - they are there.

[Tyranny_R_US]

7. "when the trucks come through hurling supplies at the masses

but trust me - they are there."

I don't (eom)

Edit: I don't doubt they will there but they are not coming with aid

[MsTryska]

9. well yeah......

they definitely aren't there now - but they need to be soon.

i was speaking of other operations in other countries.

[Xenotime]

6. On TV...

I saw a woman choking a man. They were desperate, hungry and dehydrated. Their life is ending over there an nothing is being done.