You know - the helicopter has been invented. These fancy contraptions are perfect for landing teams of searchers and protection in areas where the airports are damaged or nonexistent. We should at least be doing this for US citizens - pi$$ on the UN and what they say.
So has the vertical take-off jet. And if the USA can't provide those then who can?
Mr. President? Your comments?
Haven’t you heard the froggies are complaining that America has given priority to Americans in getting people out of haiti? HOW DARE AMERICA BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT AMERICANS
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But Len Gengel, whose daughter, Britney, is unaccounted for, said on "The Early Show" Monday, "We don't understand why President Obama hasn't sent in the paratroopers to land there. These people, these construction vehicles, cannot get up there. This is a state of emergency for our families. We need President Obama to get our families out of there. This is the United States of America, the greatest country in the world. And we need our children and fathers home."
And you can get a bunch of them on an aircraft carrier...