I think what Kyle is saying, and Julio and Marius in their own less tactful way, is that we have the capability to help more directly and more swiftly than the Red Cross. There's no guarantee that the Czechs will let THEM into Smichov, either.
I understand - grudgingly - that we cannot just thumb our nose at a sovereign country and breach international borders in the name of humanitarian relief. If folks head there directly - they can't do it covertly. If they do it covertly, it'll take so much time the Red Cross will already be there with any aid we could provide, and in larger and more professional quantities.
We could do the right thing and say screw the Czech politicians who caused this problem, go in there, get people out of the war zone, and be gone. That would do good in the immediate term, but the repercussions would prevent any further good.
This sucks. Where is it written that we have to stand by and watch people die on TV, just so the possibility for future good is not taken away? I know there's no real option, no matter how much money gets thrown at it or how much we want to change things from here.
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Date: 2006-11-08 03:59 am (UTC)I understand - grudgingly - that we cannot just thumb our nose at a sovereign country and breach international borders in the name of humanitarian relief. If folks head there directly - they can't do it covertly. If they do it covertly, it'll take so much time the Red Cross will already be there with any aid we could provide, and in larger and more professional quantities.
We could do the right thing and say screw the Czech politicians who caused this problem, go in there, get people out of the war zone, and be gone. That would do good in the immediate term, but the repercussions would prevent any further good.
This sucks. Where is it written that we have to stand by and watch people die on TV, just so the possibility for future good is not taken away? I know there's no real option, no matter how much money gets thrown at it or how much we want to change things from here.
World needs to change.