[MEG33]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1310812/posts
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He did not say exactly when the ships would arrive. A U.S. defence department official in Jakarta confirmed the carrier fleet was on its way.

SHIPS CAN PRODUCE FRESH WATER

Conway also said the USS Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group of seven vessels, which had been in Guam -- in the Pacific Ocean -- had been diverted to the Bay of Bengal, where it would arrive before Jan. 7.

"It has seven ships associated with the strike group (and) carries 25 helicopters, which will be valuable to us again in disaster relief," he said.

He said five other ships of the squadron located in Guam were moving toward the disaster-hit areas of southern Asia.

"These five ships have fresh-water-producing capability. Each ship can produce 90,000 gallons of fresh water a day, and of course that'll be extremely valuable as we have a number of requests already for fresh-water supply," Conway said.
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This of course will not be included in the UN total of aid by the US.

[.cnI redruM]

It never is. The UN hates our military accept when we bail out their boats.

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"I think it's very important for Americans who want to give to provide cash to organizations that will be able to focus resources and assets to meet specific needs. In other words, a lot of times Americans, in their desire to help, will send blankets or clothes. That may be necessary, but to me it makes more sense to send cash to organizations that could then use that cash to make sure we match resources with specific needs on the ground. There are many NGOs now involved that understand what is specifically needed to meet the needs of these countries."

- President George Bush

In addition to the information in your post, I counted 44 US relief organizations.....

http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/ngolist.html

[Peach]

That's a good point, MEG33. I heard the president say that we give 40% of what the world donates in terms of relief aid.

And what goes unreported is that AQ clearly wants to effect our economy and they took over $500M out of our economy on 9/11. If we allowed them to continue doing that by not fearlessly embarking in the war on terror, they would succeed in taking us down economically and then we would be unable to help other countries when they needed us.