WP: jeb & colin DELAY rescue efforts...jeb quote: "That was.....oh man"

[diamond14]

Thursday, January 6, 2005, Washington Post link...

jeb bush and colin powell continued their PHOTO-OP dog-and-pony-show...as this WP article explains, the jeb & colin show DELAYED rescue efforts, tied up THREE helicopters, and forced people with recently AMPUTATED limbs to wait in a stifling tent for jeb & colin to LEAVE....these bushies are MONSTERS....absolute incredibly cruel monsters, who care ONLY for preening themselves, and NOTHING for the victims....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49383-2005Jan5.html

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Powell flew to this provincial capital, a hub for tons of international relief aid destined for hundreds of thousands of survivors in Indonesia, on an official Boeing 757 jet. (a totally UNNECCESSARY show of importance by the jeb08&powell dog-and-pony show, and NO MENTION of the 757 jet having any food/medical supplies on it)....

Transferring to THREE U.S. Navy Sea Hawk helicopters, Powell and his entourage first flew low over lush rice fields and steady traffic in the undamaged sections of Banda Aceh. Gov. Bush let out a heavy sigh as he emerged from the helicopter at the end of the 33-minute flight. "That was -- oh man," he said. (such brilliant international diplomatic WORDS, by another bush-idiot)

Powell's pilot, Cmdr. Mike Horan of Mountain View, Calif., said the crew wanted to show him the force of the tsunami. Horan and his co-pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Mark Leavitt of Atlanta, are stationed on the USS Abraham Lincoln and have been flying relief flights since Jan. 1. (but now are flying around the rich FAT-CAT politicians, jeb&colin for their PHOTO-OPS)

Indonesian officials said Powell's visit added to traffic jams at some Sumatra airports, which have been bottled up with supplies awaiting distribution. Afdie Gunawan, an Indonesian air traffic official, said the Banda Aceh airport was not closed because of Powell's visit but that aircraft were refused access because of lack of space on the apron.

While Powell took a helicopter tour of stricken Banda Aceh neighborhoods and met with senior officials, 15 injured people, including several whose limbs had been amputated, waited in a stifling tent for an Australian medevac plane, which was refused access to the airport. The plane was on the tarmac in Medan, 300 miles south of here and waiting for authorization to fly in and carry them to hospitals, Australian air force officers and international medical workers said.


jeb08 (left) and colin (right) AND their DELEGATION take up THREE rescue helicopters at the Banda Ahec airport, while victims DIE...recent amputees, fighting for their lives, needing medical evacuation, had to WAIT in a sweltering tent while jeb08 and colin did their little dog-and-pony show....


jeb08 DEMANDS a room (while the injured/dying lay outside), microphones/power, and conducts a PRESS CONFERENCE at the Banda Ahec airport, as the victims DIE...

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. We can only hope...

That Jebby is learning something true and real and valuable and universal out there.

But, do not hold your breath. :eyes:

[oscar111]

4. Colin could have ordered a route that wouoldnt obstruct anyone, IMHO

his staff has the time and power to look into ways to get around that would not touch routes being used for relief.

such as ... a heli purely from a destroyer offshore to view damage.
Damage is all close to the shore, after all.

then a heli direct to any local president, for press conferences. NO road driving and roadblocks.

He had the power to order that. Staff had the time to figure it out. I could have figured it out in four hours of phone calls, with five staff to help me.

Colin could've slept on a destroyer.. no security around his hotel blocking ten blocks off.{as is probably usual.. did not read that detail}

[oneighty]

5. Fear of dying

from a bullet from a person that really really hates them.

180

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. But nothing must be allowed to stand in the way

of a Jeb08 photo-op. Nothing. Too bad if some poor brown non-Christian amputees had to wait around in the heat; there are priorities...

[NYC]

3. At least this got reported in the Washington Post.

I wonder if people will ever realize how shallow these politicians are.

[KerryReallyWon]

6. the results of the last election answers your question, "will the people"

see how shallow these politicians are? NO NO THEY DON'T AND NO THEY WON'T
a very sad reality

[diamond14]

7. it wasn't FRONT PAGE, and you had to DIG through the article to

find out what these scum are actually doing.....IMO, it should have been ON TOP of the front page article.....

these 'compassionate conservatives' must be exposed for the hypocrits that they are....

[NYC]

8. Well, at least I thank YOU for digging it out.

And I suppose that the Washington Post printed it at all anywhere should count for something, but how much can it count if it is placed not to be seen?