[Red in Blue PA]

Figure a couple hundred dead on the ground for each drop.

WHatever losses there would be, are GUARANTEED without them.

Sometimes, risk is necessary. This is indeed one of those times.

[dfwgator]

Now if you dropped in some Army Rangers with those supplies, maybe it would have a shot.

[xone]

Big difference to have the earthquake or its aftermath killing you vs. the US military killing you.

This is not analogous to airdrops(?) in WWII. At best, the helos arriving can sling load supplies, that would keep the casualties down. But they are a way out yet. This is part of the tragedy, the Haitian gov’t is such a POS that they have to wait for aid.