tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853- 2012-03-24T15:08:13Z Comments for Sacre' Bleu! Where is my fainting couch and cheese? We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 Movable Type 4.12 tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853 2010-01-20T13:49:57Z 2010-01-20T14:36:44Z Sacre' Bleu! Where is my fainting couch and cheese? The Armorer http://www.thedonovan.com Um, France is mad that the US is "occupying" Haiti.

Heh.

What this really means is - "Haiti was ours!  We get first dibs on rescuing them, even if it will take weeks longer and we could never mount an operation from scratch like you guys are doing in-stride, in the middle of fighting two campaigns across the globe and that hurts our feelings.  We should at least be in charge and telling you what to do.  Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!  My soft parts hurt!"

Memo to the French gov't.  This is why you are sidelined at the moment.  We're bringing this to the table:

A C-17 Globemaster III delivers humanitarian aid into the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan 18, 2010. Department of Defense assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the city on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)
A landing craft air cushion approaches the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan as it prepares to depart Naval Station Norfolk to provide humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rafael Martie)
USNS Comfort sits at its pier in Baltimore on Jan. 15, being readied to move out to provide medical support for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Photo by Donna Miles
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 17, 2010) USS Carl Vinson conducts air operations near the coast of Port-au-Prince. USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joel Carlson)
The amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde deploys as part of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Rafael Martie)






You got this.  You want to play with the big boys, you need big boy toys.

Mind you - this isn't a slam on the average French serviceman.  It's a slam on their senior leadership and government.  I know the French military would love to be leading this effort, if they had the wherewithall to do it. ]]> tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97626 Comment from Mike L on 2010-01-20 Mike L http://obibibi ]]> 2010-01-20T22:53:50Z 2010-01-20T22:53:50Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97617 Comment from Grumpy on 2010-01-20 Grumpy
@11B40, When Mother brings you your hammer, drive the nail until everything is flush. Then you'll be absolutely sure of a few things, you'll know where that particular nail is and is *not*. If you do it right, you won't use a 13 oz. smooth faced finish hammer, you'll want something more like a 22 oz. checker faced, long handled framing hammer. They'll have a torch on those 'soft parts', that'll be with them for the rest of their lives. Getting that fire out will be the center of their lives, for the rest of their lives.
]]> 2010-01-20T21:25:03Z 2010-01-20T21:25:03Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97616 Comment from Cricket on 2010-01-20 Cricket
]]> 2010-01-20T21:21:54Z 2010-01-20T21:21:54Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97614 Comment from BloodSpite on 2010-01-20 BloodSpite http://www.registeredevil.com ]]> 2010-01-20T20:05:28Z 2010-01-20T20:05:28Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97613 Comment from 11B40 on 2010-01-20 11B40
In a similarly outrageous vein, last night, on the "Russia Today" newscast, one of dear Putin's minions interviewed an American film-maker who accused the old US of A of "criminal negligence" for its "failures" in Haiti.

Mother, get me my hammer.  I found a nail that's sticking up.
]]> 2010-01-20T19:32:51Z 2010-01-20T19:32:51Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97608 Comment from AFSister on 2010-01-20 AFSister 2010-01-20T17:38:05Z 2010-01-20T17:38:05Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97606 Comment from BloodSpite on 2010-01-20 BloodSpite http://www.registeredevil.com The Scientologists are arriving to make it all better!!! :)
]]> 2010-01-20T17:11:43Z 2010-01-20T17:11:43Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97603 Comment from fdcol63 on 2010-01-20 fdcol63
But with the UN and all those other international NGO's involved, and considering Obama's fetish for bending over backward to keep from stepping on their toes, I imagine that critical time has been wasted just trying to get the "coordination" effort worked out.

But thank goodness this isn't Katrina again ...... /end snark.

]]> 2010-01-20T16:47:02Z 2010-01-20T16:47:02Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97600 Comment from Sean Maloney on 2010-01-20 Sean Maloney ]]> 2010-01-20T16:43:13Z 2010-01-20T16:43:13Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97599 Comment from Sean Maloney on 2010-01-20 Sean Maloney CANADA is deploying more than the French at this point! At least WE have C-17's-and they're still waiting for the Airbus A400 that may or may not produced......]]> 2010-01-20T16:36:06Z 2010-01-20T16:36:06Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97597 Comment from AFSister on 2010-01-20 AFSister
In other words... this is a classic UN cluster-f., and the US is getting the blame.]]> 2010-01-20T16:30:07Z 2010-01-20T16:30:07Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97587 Comment from BloodSpite on 2010-01-20 BloodSpite http://www.registeredevil.com
""very powerful Kiev"? This appears to be a rather different definition of "powerful" than the one with which I'm familiar. As a first step to a real carrier force, a Kiev is understandable. Or, if all you want is an ASW force. As a power projection or sea control platform, "very powerful" doesn't quite cut the mustard. It requires you to refer to ships such as the DeGaulle as "titanic" and leaves you more or less out of adjectives to describe the American carrier force."
]]> 2010-01-20T15:21:22Z 2010-01-20T15:21:22Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97586 Comment from Boquisucio on 2010-01-20 Boquisucio TURN  Haiti into what they did to Star Wars.


]]> 2010-01-20T15:11:42Z 2010-01-20T15:11:42Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11853-comment:97585 Comment from fdcol63 on 2010-01-20 fdcol63
If we wanted another 3rd World dump, we could just take Detroit.  Oh, wait   .....  LOL]]> 2010-01-20T15:01:26Z 2010-01-20T15:01:26Z