eyewitness ccount during a real world catastrophe.

[bigpaul]

(24 December 2013, 11:59)Tartar Horde Wrote: I don't understand, that if the US Navy/Army etc can deploy to anywhere in the world when there is a "humanitarian" disaster within a day, and on the news we see the "aid" being dropped by helicopter and tons of supplies being offloaded from Naval vessels, then why did it take so long for them to come to the rescue of their own countrymen, in their own backyard? I can certainly understand why many Americans would feel annoyed.

probably a bit like how the British govt does too, there isn't any political gains to be had for looking after your own people so they say sod you and give all the aid to the foreigners, sound familiar?