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The things going on "next door" to me are beyond simple words. The feeling I get when I think about it is the exact same helpless feeling I got while my Army Unit helped clear the streets of a battered and destroyed Kuwait back during the first Gulf War. I think of so many things:
When my unit was put on alert that we were going to help liberate Kuwait we were there within 24 hours and could have been there even sooner. I am not talking 100's, I am talking thousands of soilders moved in a very short time. Why is it taking so long to get help to where it is needed. Forget safety and the floods, and all the excuses. If we were commanded to go help foreign allies and were able to get through the oil fires, sand storms, military resistance, etc... then were sure as Hell can navigate some flood waters.
Addressing the violence, looting, unrest:
Looting for any other means than survival should be punished, quickly and severly bootm line. A lot of these people have taken this horrible opportunity to display a "power" they have never been able to express before. The reason is fear plain and simple. We need to put the fear of punishment back into the hearts of the lawless. If it takes shooting a few of them then by God they desreve it. I am only talking about those who are wielding weapons an making it dangerous for everyone else, not the parent who rummages through a grocery store to find food for their faimily. It is going to get ugly, but we will save a lot more innocents if we put a stop to it now by whatever means need to be employed.
The looting and other viloence is not the main issue at hand however. Disease WILL set in soon, I have seen it in other places where no sanitation is available. We need to get everyone out of that area and we need to do it now, not when it is too late and they wind up dying even after they have been evacuated. The children are definitley suffering and dying as well as the elderly and the handicapped. It is hard to take care of someone else when you cannot take care of yourself.
I am mentioning theses things because I know first hand what it is like. Tempers will flare greatly and the death toll at the end of this thing is going to be awful.
One thing that bothers me is that the mindset of a lot of those I talk to is one of numbness. We do not have the time for that!!!! Be numb after it is over, for now take action. I of course am talking about those in a position to do so. We, as a nation and a race, need to get these people to safety first, and worry about gas prices, the wonderful landmarks, the future levee system, etc... later. All of those things are very important, but look at a gas station sign with a price of $3.50 or more and then look at a family dying of thirst on the roof of their home while bands of idiots shoot at would be rescuers and put it into perspective. Our government needs to do more and do it now, there is no excuse for waiting. If we can send our boys and girls into battle for another country we sure as hell can send them to save our own.
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