[SkyPilot]

I danced a jig when I saw that dubya had bypassed the damned UN on this.

NPR and the AP are parroting the UN claim that they have "sent hundreds of aircraft laden with relief supplies."

There is only one problem.

The UN does not have these aircraft.

Only the US and some of our allies have airlift capability.

The UN can do nothing, except preen for the cameras and mock America.

[sukhoi-30mki]

Most nations in the region with any airlift capability are playing their part.Australian C-130s are ferrying aid to Indonesia while Indian airforce AN-32s & IL-76s are operating to Sri Lanka & the Maldives(in addition to India's own disaster hit areas).But more help will be needed in all areas-probably more American units,Japan,Great Britain,the Russians etc.