Article: Can anyone explain the bizarre call to keep aid convoy in S.A.

[fleabert]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/columnists/cguerra/stories/MYSA091105.1B.guerra.31ce284.html

excellent article, and raises a great question... Thanks to our neighbors to the South for being so generous!

snip:

Resources are finally going into Katrina-lashed areas, but last week it became apparent that some aspects of the federal response are still being bungled — and this ineptitude knows no borders.

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But San Antonio has some of the nation's cleanest water, I told FEMA press officer Christopher White, and all the evacuees who came here have been served hot meals since they arrived. Why wasn't Mexico's specialized help sent to the hurricane-battered area, where entire towns have been flattened and where 73 drinking water systems in Alabama, 555 in Mississippi and 469 in Louisiana are compromised or nonfunctional?

"Good question," he said, and promised to check. He called back to say that the State Department is handling all foreign relief help.

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Left Hand, let me introduce you to Right Hand. You should talk before you embarrass us even more.

[fleabert]

1. kick

damn things move fast these days! one minute and it's fallen!

:kick: shameless, I am...

[Porcupine]

2. Freeps would rather see people die that get Mexican help.

Isn't it obvious? Hell FEMA wouldn't let firefighters from Houston or Chicago drive over and help why would they let Mexicans?

Death (if you're poor) before dishoner (of the rich) and all that crap.

[babylonsister]

4. Sadly, so would some DUers. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. A mexican team showing us how to do this?

Snort...

Now on a serious note flashback ot mexico city quake, similar things were done with international teams, including a DMAT team, coudl this be payback? THose boys have long memories you know