i guess 1 billion per 1000 troops is not such an issue now. took him months to agree on 30,000 to fight a war, and what 20 minutes to send 10,000 to haiti. Dont get me wrong these troops will save lives...but they do that in BOTH locations.
Obama did this so that people can compare and constrast between him and Bush. He wants people to look at the tsunami and then the Haiti earthquake responses.