Hey, I love MREs myself! I have friends in the Army NG and the USAF and occasionally I get to try some of the MRE food. I think it's excellent (better than a lot of institutional food I've had) -- I wish I could find saltines in stores like they are in the MREs.
I would be beyond thrilled to get an MRE in this sort of situation they're in.
Absolutely. I do not think they are that bad generally; they are a godsend in a situation like this.
I just find it appalling that people are so soft that they are whining about perfectly good food that the military eats all the time in a situation when many people are going hungry. Hell, those things are currency in Asia -- Asians love MREs.