So this is my first diary entry, so be gentle. And I know I have a stupid name. And I know that's a stupid title for a Diary Entry. But I figure that this whole interweb is just a fad, so I don't take it seriously. Anyways...
Ok, I have theory. It involves Right Wing sliminess AND Generous Canadians, so I'm sure anyone left of center will love it.
Alright, so as was reported on this very blog last night, the Canadian Government wants to send DART to the Gulf States, in specific New Orleans, in order to help out with the rescue efforts. Because let's face it, with thousands of people lying in the filth and the death, it's STILL a rescue effort.
For those of you who don't know, DART is the Disaster Assistance Response Team. Exactly what it sounds like. 200 Canadian Soldiers who deliver fast relief for disaster victims until long term aid can arrive. They can produce clean water, rebuild infrastructure, open lines of communication...but as was pointed out last night, they weren't allowed in the United States because the US Government didn't have it's act together.
I think there's more to it then that. DART responds to major crisis in third world and developing countries. They were created because of a cholera epidemic in Rwanda in 1994. They've been to Honduras, Turkey and assisted with the Tsunami. Which, in my opinion why they aren't allowed in the United States.
The Bush Machine know that camera's are everywhere in New Orleans, especially wherever there is a large group of people in dire need of aid. How would it react, what would it do, if the only people providing actual aid (because that's precisely what DART would have done) we're from the CANADIAN military?
What kind of blow would that be to the United States Government? If it was Canadian assistance that saved the day, and literally hundreds of people, because the Federal Government of America couldn't get it's act together?
I think they realized they would lose face, hell they'd lose their entire upper torso, if a the world and the country found out that a Canadian disaster response team, usually reserved for third world countries, was the only thing on the Continent capable of preventing this kind of humanitarian tragedy.
I don't know, maybe I'm crazy. But too me, it's the only explanation. DART is ready to go, but they're still not allowed in the country. More people are going to be dead tomorrow. What is
going on in the USA?
Fucking Weak...
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