Lest anyone continue to try to disparage the United States for its “stinginess” after putting up a nominal $350 million ($US) in cash, countless millions worth of food, drugs, equipment, and supplies, and of course the even larger number of millions of dollars from private US citizens and corporations, the US military is in high gear in south east Asia aiding and saving lives.
Mammoth military airlift planes and jets doing a constant loop from America to and from Malaysia and India transporting food, drugs, equipment and so on; helicopters ferrying aid and workers and people around; and everything from satellite technology to various essential communications equipment and services fully deployed in and around the region. And in the background they organized an international coalition of partners to really kick it up.
Even if other countries have the heart, they don’t have all the gear. (Which begs several questions.)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia—A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived off the coast of Sumatra yesterday, with its helicopters dropping off relief supplies from dawn to dusk to grieving and trauma-stricken survivors of last Sunday’s tsunami.
Those survivors were rattled late last night when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocked the island, the second strong aftershock in two days. But there were no reports of further damage or injuries.
Global pledges of aid reached $2 billion with a fresh pledge of $500 million from Tokyo, and the U.S. military began one of the biggest relief missions in history.
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