A U.S. flag went up at a temporary consular station set up in the first few days on the airport tarmac, according to Charles Luoma-Overstreet, a State Department spokesman in Haiti.

"Apparently, the prime minister (Jean-Max Bellerive) saw this" and thought it appeared as if the United States were taking over the airport, Luoma-Overstreet said.

seems everyone wants to take verbal shots at Americans while they are holding their hands out for aid. if they really want to make a statement then they should stand the fuck up and say no thanks to all the money and aid. guess that won't be happening though. never seem to see any of the other nations refuse the money.

Ya sent a 50 man crew, 3 days after a slow moving hurricane. How's that amazing?

Your base of operations was fully intact, you had plenty of time to setup and get going.

A lot of local support did mobilize and work without base needs. The news liked to focus on the worst (corrupt and disgusting) areas of new orleans that really never have local organization.

NOLA is a big city, a lot of them acted and responded, but all you hear about is the ninth ward and the really corrupt sections of the city. There was a lot worse damage around the city and in the suburbs of the city that had much worse and didn't get any national guard or swift boat crews and managed to do an awesome job with the situation, so saying most is really going out there.

All I am saying is there is a reason why they kept those people as confined as possible in the convention center.

It was also before ANY of your Federal aid arrived ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia...ricane_Katrina

Most of the people didn't need federal help. Most of the people still didn't receive federal help.

:pat:

I'm glad ya'll volunteered to help, but a lot of areas weren't the complete fail that was the 9th ward.