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TJ on September 2, 2005 - 4:42pm

I, for one, have no difficulty whatsoever saying that a five day response for food and water is totally unacceptable when there are copters and C-130s six hours away. This is going to set the standard for incompetence for quite a few decades.

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MikeCapone on September 2, 2005 - 9:56pm

Indeed.

The strict minimum was randomly dropping crates full of drinking water around the city and let the victims find it for themselves. That's what would have taken a minimum of time and effort and given the biggest result as far as keeping them alive longer.

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