‘ludicrous’ plan to send Irish troops to New Orleans

Posted by maca on September 6, 2005 Leave a comment (3) Go to comments

I think John O’Shea is spot on here when he called plans to send 30 Irish troops to help with the New Orleans aid effort as ‘ludicrous’.
I mean, they have massive resources available, they have about 14 navy ships in the Katrina task force with more than enough helicopters & personnel to deal with the crisis, which aren’t even been used to full capacity so to send a mere 30 troops to help out is plain nonsense.
Even our meagre 1 million Eur donation is pathetic, as if a mere 1 million will make any difference to a country whose defence budget is about 1 billion per day.
Cop on Irish government, send your condolences, maybe visit the US to show your support but enough of the pathetic little gestures.

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  1. Antonio from Italy September 6, 2005 at 12:06 pm

    We didn’t send money, just medicines, medical equipments, food, water and oil products.
    What touches me is that Sri Lanka, still in the wake of the tsunami, sent $25,000 to USA.
    This little amount of money is more worth than 500 million dollars given by Kuwait.

  2. maca September 6, 2005 at 12:13 pm

    Good point about Sri Lanka, it’s a great genture from them since they don’t have much themselves.

    It’s out own silly gestures I have a problem with.

  3. Mick September 7, 2005 at 4:42 am

    Eire isn’t mentioned here:

    “Countries Offering U.S. Aid for Katrina”

    http://news.yahoo.com….