Reply #4: Raises hand, I know why! [View All]

[The Backlash Cometh]

I can certainly understand why FEMA would hesitate to accept a free ship from Greece. First, because it involved a foreign country, I imagine that there would be bureacracy involved in clearing it with the feds. For one thing, we would want to make sure that Greece understood that their gift was a gift, and not a favor that needed to be repaid through votes in the Congress. That would require diplomacy and time to confirm.

So, expediency may have been a concern. Considering how long it took one of those Navy ships to get to NOLA, I imagine that where the ship was located when it was offered might have been another factor.