Posted by alexandra_k on November 2, 2005, at 13:47:01
In reply to Re: the Ministry of Civility » Dinah, posted by 10derHeart on November 1, 2005, at 12:43:50
i dunno if you guys are still reading but...
10 - i appreciate that people sign up so as to help out with aid. help out US citizens in a state of emergency etc.
but... the US military didn't do anything to help out US citizens in a state of emergency for quite some time for the simple fact that most of them were fighting a war on foreign soil.
Now... Thats not the fault of the US military. Thats a decision that lies with the person who sent the order... That person isn't even in the US military themself, I bet. But the point is the order is made and then thats the way it goes.
And the welfare of the citizens needing US aid is put on the back burner...
Because war is the priority.
And the military have to do what they are ordered to do...
And, I'm sure thats just as frustrating for the people within the service as it is for the people outside the service...
But there it is.
Some guy calls the orders and people risk their lives. Despite what they want to do (ie stay in America and help out from there). And thats to say nothing of the point that when 'terrorists' attack on 9/11 what do they do but send the majority of the military off US soil (smart move incase it happens again...) to go pick on somebody overseas...
Dinah - You know the military weren't so nice to some people after the tragedy right? I read stories about shoot to kill orders etc.
Why were the mortality rates so high in the better off neighborhoods? Why couldn't those people get out?
I only get what I can see on the news...
And some stuff I've read off the internet...But my understanding was that the poorest areas were the hardest hit
And the slowest to get aidWas that wrong?
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