We Hit The Beaches, Like A Tsunami, At 0600 Hours (Trees And Things)

thefadd: Re: We Hit The Beaches, Like A Tsunami, At 0600 Ho

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:22:31 EST

So it's a win-win then?

pO157: Re: We Hit The Beaches, Like A Tsunami, At 0600 Ho

Sun, 11 May 2008 16:11:41 EST

This is retarded. How many other hellholes are there on the planet right now? Just because this one is getting a fair bit of (transient) media attention right now we are talking about invading it?

Come on. Maybe some good will come from this and it wil

Lou: Re: We Hit The Beaches, Like A Tsunami, At 0600 Ho

Sun, 11 May 2008 10:09:33 EST

Good points all.

I was thinking of something like an airdrop ala Bastogne during WWII, but even this would probably fail due to point number 1.

MayorBob: Re: We Hit The Beaches, Like A Tsunami, At 0600 Ho

Sun, 11 May 2008 08:18:58 EST

The downsides to just air dropping supplies into Burma are:

1. Who, on the receiving side, is going to be able to open the containers and arrange for whatever's inside to be distributed to who needs it.

2. Airdrops are the only way to insert

Lou: Re: We Hit The Beaches, Like A Tsunami, At 0600 Ho

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:53:39 EST

How many downsides are there with simply airdropping in supplies? I guess a lot would depend on what kind of AA resources Burma has. And, I'm sure there are lots of other things I'm missing (like the Burmese gov't swooping in and stealing the s