[SauronOfMordor]

I can see the NG point. They got to get people out of there. Still, there would be more people surviving to get out with some food and water coming in

[livius]

They're getting people out. And I hope they're busy quietly ridding the city of the thugs that have made it too dangerous to let relief workers in.

I hope to see a column of thugs joined together by handcuffs wading through the sewage to Gitmo style penal camps. I doubt that I will, but that's what needs to happen. Either that or thug bodies floating on the sewage.

[Getsmart64]

This story is kinda strange...just yesterday it was reported the Red Cross was pulling out for safety...which is it Red Cross??..This blame game is going to go on and on and on...

[Deetes]

They don't want people staying in NO so they're keeping the big charities out I guess.

[Just mythoughts]

The Red Cross cannot protect themselves, they would not last two minutes if they got near these places. They need to stay alive so they can care for the ones that can be gotten out.

I don't like it any more than anybody else to see another human in the condition they are in. Reality does stink to high heaven though.

[MNJohnnie]

Of course. Let's see. Let a bunch of unarmed people go into an area where you cannot ensure their safety. Then when the thugs mob them, you have to pull your troops off their mission to go rescue the "helpers". How about this you MORONS at the Red Cross. You can help best by setting up camps on dry ground OUT SIDE NO and have the people brought TO you.

BTW, just how does this? "The Homeland Security Department has requested a" get translated to the headline of this pap? Modern Journalism, Last refuge of the Drama Queens.

[CFC__VRWC]

The NG's bringing massive quantities of food and water in now. There's probably plenty for everyone now, or will be very shortly. If they let Red Cross and other releif groups in, they have to stretch themselves thinner to protect them from the mutants still roaming the city looking to loot and rape and kill. Leave it to the MSM to only report half the story, to make it look like the federal government (Bush) is trying to slow the flow of relief.

[martinidon]

Why doesn't the Red Cross set up feeding center and staging areas outside of the city to move the people from the city too? That should be their focus. The Mayor and Governor did an incompetent job preparing their city and state for a disaster!

[LibFreeOrDie]

First the MSM b*tched because the National Guard wasn't there, and now they're b*tching because the NG is there.

[bnelson44]

The NG has food they can give them for temporary sustainment.

[Dallas59]

Maybe they can bring in the Italian Red Cross to help the looters....I mean insurgents....I mean freedom fighters...

[gondramB]

"Though frustrated, Hosler understood the reasons. The goal is to move people out of an uninhabitable city, and relief operations might keep them there. "



Did she just say that FEMA is denying people food to force them to leave the city?

[AliVeritas]

Untrue.

[Sometimes A River]

Geraldo just reported on a large group of Vietnamese immigrants...who were refusing any aid until every=body else was helped.

He said they have been calm throughout, and were a "Sea of tranquility" among the chaos.

Truly a credit to them, as opposed to some of our other "citizens."

[devane617]

If you feed them warm meals and make them comfortable as the RC will do, they have nor reason to leave. They scatter and the job becomes worse. The NG is doing the right thing until the infrastructure is repaired to safely sustain life.

[Real Cynic No More]

But there are always delays, Burton said, because nothing is deployed until experts survey the damage and decide where to most effectively put relief services.

We're all so used to seeing news media's instant assessments, we don't realize what it takes to provide a proper response for the most seriously in need of help. All the news media have to take in are their camera equipment, operators, batteries, and personal water and food supplies. They don't bring in any kind of help for those needing it. Conversely, the aid workers need to know what to bring in for the masses rather than merely for themselves.

[Mark was here]

I sent some money to the Red Cross after 911. I hope they are enjoying the new office equipment they purchased for themselves.

Money would be better given to the Salvation Army and others.

[Salvation]

The National Guard is right here!

People were ordered to evacuate New Orleans BEFORE Katrina!

[nuconvert]

" there would be more people surviving to get out with some food and water coming in"

"As the National Guard delivered food ..."

There is food coming in.

[joesnuffy]

Exactly...

Get the people out of the disaster area asap

Move them to a safe area...with camps set up in advance..

Hygeine becomes increasingly important to stave off epidemics..

The military bases being closed nearby might be good spots
to set up controlled areas..

Given some of these folks past behaviors...control is of the utmost importance to protect the innocent

imo

[atomicpossum]

Red Cross- future hostages?