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Originally Posted by Undertoad
The C-130s are exactly what's required. When what you have is a disaster area hundreds of thousands of miles long, but one block deep, the critical thing is not a lack of supplies, but getting them to the place they're needed.
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Six C-130s did all that? Guess again. Needed on the first days are hundreds of small C-130s. And who has them (including the ones that don't work because they were built as pork for Trent Lott)? The one organization that was not permitted to respond for five days. The US government waited for George Jr to respond.
But C-130s are not what is really needed. Needed are bigger planes that fly faster, need not land, and deliver more supplies.
Furthermore, the disaster is so extensive that even helicopters find it difficult to land. What is a paltry 6 C-130s suppose to do? What are P-3 Orions (I believe he sent nine) going to do? Show me supplies being delivered by P-3 Orions. Its called waving the flag. Pretend help has arrived. In the meantime even India - a victim - was also providing more aid to those adjacent nations. Why? They did not have a mental midget president who thought six C-130s were big planes. Instead India was sending serious aid.
Real aid does not start until the C-17s and C-5A start landing. Its been one week. Where are they? Oh. The president had to make a decision.