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In reply to the discussion: US troops deliver food, supplies to devastated Puerto Rico during round-the-clock operations [View all]SunSeeker
(51,504 posts)56. WRONG. The President does not need to be "king" to activate US troops in emergencies.
Last edited Sat Sep 30, 2017, 02:33 AM - Edit history (1)
And WRONG, the 5,000 do not all live there. Some 2,750 are Puerto Rican National Guard troops. The rest are US troops that our incompetent President pathetically underdeployed for the situation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/09/29/maria-hit-9-days-ago-less-than-half-of-the-puerto-rico-national-guard-is-on-duty/?utm_term=.df64903660fc
You're wrong about the Comfort, you're wrong about the troops. You clearly do not have the facts straight about Trump's inadequate response in Puerto Rico and your willingness to use incorrect facts to defend Trump's inadequate response is revolting.
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nitpicker
Sep 2017
OP
Why the fuck has the USNS Comfort hospital ship been sitting in Norfolk all this time?
SunSeeker
Sep 2017
#4
Because it's inferior to the USS Kearsarge and can't dock in Puerto Rico right now.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2017
#11
The USNS Comfort has a 33 foot draft. San Juan port has a channel depth of 34.7 feet.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2017
#14
I see you have no link. It CAN anchor offshore, with smaller boats bringing patients to it.
SunSeeker
Sep 2017
#15
None of that disputes that it can anchor offshore, with smaller boats bringing patients to it.
SunSeeker
Sep 2017
#21
It is a hospital ship. Trump should have sent it and every other one we had available.
SunSeeker
Sep 2017
#29
What part of 3.5 million Americans with no food, power or hospitals do you not understand?
SunSeeker
Sep 2017
#35
It is 'moving big things around' if the big thing isn't able to aid them.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2017
#37
But 5000 national guard in place before the hurricane hit is a "mealy mouthed response".
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2017
#43
Not at all. First of all, the president doesn't activate the national guard in this manner.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2017
#52
WRONG. The President does not need to be "king" to activate US troops in emergencies.
SunSeeker
Sep 2017
#56
You continued attempt to re-cast pointing out reality as 'defending trump' is noxious and part
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2017
#58
You were not "pointing out reality." You wrongly suggested he couldn't call out more NG.
SunSeeker
Sep 2017
#61
It is you who wants to add words that were not there, 9 paragraphs of them. nt
SunSeeker
Oct 2017
#65
You did. My original post is still there in context for everyone to see.
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2017
#68
Frankly, all the Wasp class ships are genius designs. I think they are fantastic.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2017
#59
It's used in many places where it can't dock. It stands offshore with transport to it.
SharonAnn
Sep 2017
#49
And there is a history of how many many people it can handle when docked versus at anchor.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2017
#53
It left VA a few days ago. Article posted on du. I do not know when it will arrive in PR.
riversedge
Oct 2017
#76
Yes, I know. But no one can explain why it took so long for it to leave for PR.
SunSeeker
Oct 2017
#77
Pathetic, the repeated use of the word 'sortie' in this context ... who WROTE this?
mr_lebowski
Sep 2017
#5
I was not talking to you, so you were not "responding" to me, you were butting in.
SunSeeker
Sep 2017
#36