Exactly.
It's like they are leaving the CG and NG to handle it whilst everyone else looks on with "Woe Is Me!" on their foreheads.
Every helicopter (media, hospital and otherwise) can easily drop food and water whilst they carry themselves and the sick back and forth out of the area.
Providing those who are still waiting to be rescued with basic supplies will go a long way to restoring civility and reducing tension in the area. It's fear that drives people to act crazy and desperate.
With the exception of course being the hoodlums who are simply taking advantage of the situation. I have no sympathy for them at all. Raping, shooting, killing and stealing is never OK, but doing it now is simply deplorable.
And by stealing I'm not talking about food, water and stuff like that - I'm talking ~stealing~.
I'm even beyond the point where it really matters that there's looting going on. OK... so there's looters. Looters happen.
But when it gets to the point where medical crews have to have a military escort to avoid being taken *hostage*... good grief.
I'll bet there are some NG troops out there praying that they get deployed to Baghdad instead of New Orleans.
There's an inner city sickness in this country that really needs fixed.