Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Indonesia denies U.S. pilots use of airspace; carrier leaves
Washington Times ^ | 1/13/05 | Denis D. Gray, AP

Posted on 01/12/2005 11:19:43 PM PST by kattracks

ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN — The aircraft carrier leading the U.S. military's tsunami relief effort steamed out of Indonesian waters yesterday after the country declined to let the ship's fighter pilots use its airspace for training missions — part of a broad effort by Indonesia to reassert control over its territory.
    The USS Abraham Lincoln's diversion, which was not expected to affect aid flights, came as the White House asked the Indonesian government to explain why it appears to be demanding that the U.S. military and other foreign troops providing disaster relief leave the country by the end of March.

[snip]

The Indonesian government said foreign troops would be out of the country by March 31. "A three-month period is enough, even sooner the better," Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Tuesday.
    U.S. Marines have scaled back plans to send hundreds of troops ashore to build roads and clear rubble. The two sides reached a compromise in which the Americans agreed not to set up a base camp on Indonesia or carry weapons.
    Instead, the Marines — about 2,000 of whom were diverted to tsunami relief from duty in Iraq — will keep a "minimal footprint" in the country, with most returning to ships at night, said Col. Tom Greenwood, commander of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

[snip]

Under Navy rules, pilots of carrier-based warplanes cannot go longer than 14 days without flying, or their skills are considered to have degraded too far and they have to undergo extensive retraining.
    


(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antiamerican; antiamericanism; disasterrelief; geopolitics; indonesia; ingrates; loathethemilitary; muslims; relief; reliefeffort; religionofpeace; southeastasia; sumatraquake; trop; tsunami; tsunamirelief; usefulidiots; usmilitary; ussabrahamlincoln
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 81-100101-120121-140 ... 221-234 next last
To: expatguy
I didn't mind the debate but I found it extreemly disturbing that a few FReepers here would ping the admins and ask for threads to be pulled on the subject and make wild accusations of hate mongering.

Unfortunately, pinging the admins upon seeing posts they disagree with, is happening way too often on FR lately. It's getting to be a turnoff.

101 posted on 01/13/2005 5:40:41 AM PST by A Ruckus of Dogs
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Robert_Paulson2

Am not for shipping them evil and stooping to their level.

Otherwise, right, enough is enough.

Let them face the stark consequences of their evil, idiotic values.


102 posted on 01/13/2005 5:40:57 AM PST by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: Kozak

I'm taking that attitude as well. Americans need help right now.


103 posted on 01/13/2005 5:41:37 AM PST by sarasota
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Robert_Paulson2

Mostly true.

However, we also are being tested by God.

God's standard is to do good to those who despitefully use us.

We are doing so. We have done so. We would be wise to do so again.

It is God's standard and we are answerable to Him. We will be blessed any time we rise to His standard--blessed by Him.

However, even He has limits. It appears to me that in this situation, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

God is also a gentleman. He doesn't usually force Himself where He's not wanted. I don't think He expects us to.

Let em sink in their own cesspool We did our more or less best.


104 posted on 01/13/2005 5:43:38 AM PST by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: expatguy

Excellent link and thanks. Keep the tinfoil handy. And keep making sense.


105 posted on 01/13/2005 5:44:25 AM PST by sarasota
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: BROKKANIC

The only way this would be a "reasonable request" would be if we not only pulled the military workers out, but also all other workers--and oh, yes, the money. I think it's fine to refuse aid from anyone, but if they do, they shouldn't whine about the conditions from the tsunami.

I do think you are dead wrong about thanks--not thanking someone for the good they do is like a slap in the face.

Folks, we've just been slapped. Do we stick around for more?


106 posted on 01/13/2005 5:45:20 AM PST by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: MEG33

Excellent reference. Thanks.


107 posted on 01/13/2005 5:47:07 AM PST by sarasota
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: Petronski

True.

However, we have to deal with leaders of nations.

And, the citizens to greater or lesser degree support and sustain those leaders in one way or another. Let them learn.


108 posted on 01/13/2005 5:47:56 AM PST by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 66 | View Replies]

To: weegee

Ummm. It's time to 'shake the dust from our shoes' and leave.


109 posted on 01/13/2005 5:48:49 AM PST by EBH (Proud Aunt)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: Happy2BMe

The stupid thing was giving a billion dollars to countries that either don't need or don't want help.


110 posted on 01/13/2005 5:49:08 AM PST by shubi (Peace through superior firepower.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 99 | View Replies]

To: BROKKANIC

Of course it's "good will." What a crock.


111 posted on 01/13/2005 5:49:19 AM PST by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 53 | View Replies]

To: kattracks

Under the circumstances I wouldn't blame them. Indonesia might feel very vulnerable with foreigners being there to take care of their needs. I think its more psychological than political. Don't take it personally. Get our troops out of there and put the USS Lincoln out into international waters. We can still help by being a staging point to deliver aid.


112 posted on 01/13/2005 5:49:44 AM PST by Milligan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: weegee

As hard as it is for a benevolent nation like ourselves to pack up & leave these people - this is exactly what we should do. We tried to do the right thing - our conscience is clear. Until these people rise up & destroy the government that holds them in tyranny, nothing can change. We can't do it for them.

I have an uneasy feeling with our troops over there, we need to get them out of there - out of harm's way - before something else happens over there. I'm afraid this is the calm before the storm. Something terrible is going to happen over there - we need to get away quick. We need to pray that Bush wakes up & gets our good people out of there. That place is a portal to hell.


113 posted on 01/13/2005 5:50:57 AM PST by alicewonders
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: Quix

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1319895/posts
Yokota C-130s continue to fly aid to tsunami victims
Air Force News ^ | 1/10/2005 | Master Sgt. Val Gempis


114 posted on 01/13/2005 5:51:41 AM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 108 | View Replies]

To: stuck_in_new_orleans
but lemme guess.....they still want our money?

If we give them a dime, it's a dime too much. I'd divert every penny from Indonesia to Sri Lanka or one of the other countries.

115 posted on 01/13/2005 5:51:55 AM PST by Terabitten (Time to die, nerd boy! www.sluggy.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: RaceBannon

I once suggested to powers that be

that we should use edible inks to print on squares of edible grain cereal type stuff USA GIFT or some such--mixed into the food stuffs in a way that wouldn't settle out . . .

to emphasize the source of the benefit in a way that incountry forces could not paint over.

There's plenty good to be said for doing good humbly without fanfare or looking for thanks or repayment. That's God's standard.

However, in this situation, it's fitting, even crucial that the Islamic idiots have a standard to compare their evil masters against.


116 posted on 01/13/2005 5:52:58 AM PST by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 72 | View Replies]

To: hershey

I suspect that in days to months, we will have a worse disaster on our shores. Our aid really will be more needed here.

It will be interesting to see the response of the rest of the world, then.

God will be watching.


117 posted on 01/13/2005 5:54:06 AM PST by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 74 | View Replies]

To: jphawkins

I

STRONGLY AND FIERCLY

agree with you.


118 posted on 01/13/2005 5:54:49 AM PST by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 75 | View Replies]

To: JeanS
Does the UN contribute money and manpower based on the number of dead?

Absolutely. It's a pretty good index to the amount of aid a country will need. For instance, in the US, where a killer quake might kill 50 people, we don't need much (if any) aid, because all of our own first responders, aid workers, social institutions, etc., are still intact, regardless of property damage. As the casualty numbers go up, though, entire societal systems start breaking down and the aid required goes up dramatically, maybe even exponentially.

119 posted on 01/13/2005 5:55:20 AM PST by Terabitten (Time to die, nerd boy! www.sluggy.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: hershey

I strongly AGREE with you and have from the beginning of this story.


120 posted on 01/13/2005 5:55:32 AM PST by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 78 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 81-100101-120121-140 ... 221-234 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson