Posted on 01/05/2005 1:39:53 PM PST by CHARLITE
Subject: Don't listen to CNN
I've edited out the identity of the person who sent this as his job would be in serious jeopardy if Senator Leahy gets wind of this. But it may begin to explain to some people how their preoccupation with single 'issues' can have disastrous repercussions for all the other things they may - or may not - hold dear. And it may lend some balance to the media's tendentious reporting on efforts being made to alleviate the suffering.
On a final note, this guy is an American who, along with a lot of other Americans, is busting his ass to save the lives of a lot of Muslims... during his Christian holiday. Ironic, isn't it?
I don't know anybody in Vermont, but if you do you might want to pass it on.
I am particularly incensed at the moment. I am home for a quick bite - haven't had a break in 72 hours - and I'm listening to some idiot reporter whine that aid is "trickling in" to western Sumatra. Let me tell you the facts. There are hundreds of us working 24/7 to get everything we can to that location. Unfortunately, all the runways disappeared in the earthquake and ensuing tsunami. This morning we measured a high tide mark 4 kilometers inland from the normal beach. There is nowhere for us to put down. Nevertheless, we are running regular C-130 runs to Medan, the closest city to the catastrophe. We have helicopters lifting from that point. The one Chinook you see in the CNN coverage is a Singapore asset. The problem we are running into is a mountain of supplies and no way of getting it to the victims. It will be slow. But when I see the effort being made by so many to beat these insurmountable problems - there is absolutely zero infrastructure - and then hear these absolutely ignorant reporters spouting on without any facts, it just makes my blood boil.
We are running all airlift out of Singapore as there is no airfield in Sumatra left for us to operate out of.
In case you are wondering why you have seen no Indonesian military aircraft ... well you can thank Senator Leahy of Vermont for that. He is single-handedly responsible. He has prevented us from having any kind of military engagement with Indonesia the past 5 or so years because of human rights violations. That means that there have been no spare parts available for all their American-bought military equipment. Consequently they have no air assets operational. We in DoD have been complaining to Congress for years about the short-sightedness of Leahy's stance. While I cannot argue the fact that there have been human rights violations in Indonesia, and that is certainly a bad thing, we have had no military engagement at all with the largest Muslim population on earth because of one idiot who can't see the forest for the trees. Now we reap the results.
In the meantime, rest assured that regardless of what you see on TV, there are a whole bunch of us behind the scenes who have not had one minute of holiday during this "quiet time", trying everything we can to help.
Mofak
Back to Back We Face the Past
http://www.mofak.com/
Don't know a soul who believes a thing they see on CNN, MSNBC, or the alphabets.
Leahy is an idiot, but I could really care less if Indonesia got spare parts for their Military.
I'm glad we are helpful, but it doesn't justify selling hardware to Indonesia.
Leahy should hang his balding head in shame, and somebody should stand up on his/her hind legs on TV and mention that Leahy is the reason Indonesia has no spare parts for their planes and they can't move men and materiel to help their own people. Shortsighted doesn't begin to describe Leahy's meddling stupidity.
CNN, WHAT'S CNN!?
Could it be because Indonesia has allowed the reign of islamic fanatics at the expense of the Christians, Buddhist etc.??? Sorry, I could care less if Indonesia gets parts from us until the clean up their act. At least we recognized evil in one part of the world and did not turn our heads away.
The media (including FNC) are far too deferntial to the leaky leheys. Even fox now seems to seek out being invited to the insider parties and go to lunch with the right people.
(even Mr. Nospinzone went to the f911 premire in NY)
Why is NOBODY in the ENTIRE media calling the loony left on the matt for being LOONEY?!
If it gets much worse not even fox will be protected from the exodus of views and readers.
How much personal money did Mr. Leaky donate? GWBush donated 10g's.
So that's what it's all about. Wanting to be loved by the left.
FNC has become CNN lite.
I used to be FNC then FR. Now its FR then FNC as long as Oreily, Gretta, or Smith are not on.
Am sick of Cavuto too.
I want our President to be supported, not attacked. Too many pundits on FNC are far far left. Ellen Ratner and that ilk.....Ferraro......
ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH
They want another attack so they can blame Dubya.
Ferraro is dying, we can offer her the compassion of a little bit of airtime even if her ideas are insane.
Why Cavuto, dull perhaps but leftist?
As for Napolitano, the FORMER Judge, you have to consider he was trained in a law school dominated by leftist wackos. It would not surprise me if he had been/is a member of the ACLU.
To hear Napolitano tell it, we've all lost our civil rights because of Ashcroft and the Patriot Act.
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