Should have had the guard ready to go before hand - this is what the guard is supposed to do - protect at home, but once the guard stabilized things, things began moving. First priority now, though, has to be evacuation, and one thing the military can do is move people. Get the people out now and have the Red Cross waiting to receive them on the other end. The Guard is bringing food and water. If the Red Cross went in, they would have to do so under the protection of the guard, meaning the guard wouldn't be 'escorting them' and that the Red Cross would have to listen to them because their safety would depend on it. Joan worked for the Red Cross in Geneva and with as much relief work as they do, they could have amazingly poor organization (for various reasons of course, but really.) They do work in war zones, but not always very well.
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Date: 2005-09-03 06:45 pm (UTC)Joan worked for the Red Cross in Geneva and with as much relief work as they do, they could have amazingly poor organization (for various reasons of course, but really.) They do work in war zones, but not always very well.