Admiral Thad Allen urged adopting Unity Of Effort into the concept Responsible Party. This modification to the law governing spills and disaster response would allow people wanting to be good neighbors to be good neighbors. Both the Stafford Act (Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, PL 100-707) and the 1990 Oil Spill Act (The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) was signed into law in August 1990) created new legal terms.
From his extensive experience with both, the practical application of Unity Of Effort. An example, the 1990 Act privatizes the response, while making the United States President accountable for correct implementation.
by J John Swanko
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Maddow Gives A Four Star Iraq Report, 3 Lessons Learned
Ms. Maddow scored big in Iraq. Fast becoming GenX's Edward R. Murrow, Ms. Maddow scooped the broadcast media with the last combat brigade leaving Iraq. With strong support from NBC and the services, she delivered her show from her second choice, outside, in the night presentation (her first choice was hit by mortars or rockets before she went on live). She did a complete look into our Iraqi involvements. From delivering a tank round into a target to a pleasant walk on Baghdad's most bombed street, "It's safe now."
In interview after interview, she delivered a realistic picture of what we can expect, What we need to know: People living in the old combat zone, see success in equal access to government services. In Iraq it is electricity at the flick of a switch. The fixers, translators, need easy access to visas, a way out if things change. We need to understand the people in the war we are fighting. What do they see in our attempt (not what we think they see). No more Vietnam's. Many of her reports are on her site, I was not able to link to them.
by J John Swanko
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In interview after interview, she delivered a realistic picture of what we can expect, What we need to know: People living in the old combat zone, see success in equal access to government services. In Iraq it is electricity at the flick of a switch. The fixers, translators, need easy access to visas, a way out if things change. We need to understand the people in the war we are fighting. What do they see in our attempt (not what we think they see). No more Vietnam's. Many of her reports are on her site, I was not able to link to them.
by J John Swanko
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Taliban Winning PR In Pakistan Flood Aid
America's need for donor conferences, pomp and circumstance is making it tough on winning the hearts and minds. No doubt, helping in Pakistan will help the corrupt, the Taliban. Taliban is claiming more than 100,000 volunteers deployed. They also claimed they killed 10 aid workers -volunteer doctors, staff- because they were Christians. Faith based -hero- assassinations.
No. Say the Afghan police, they were robbed, in the heart of the old Northern Alliance home base near Tajikistan. Once, one would find the Taliban getting in and out of that region alive, far more amazing then the claimed killing of innocent healers.
Often inferred, the old Northern Alliance is said to have left Afghanistan, except to come back for their graft, fly back out. With the once thought hopeless mission of ending corruption, Afghanistan is making real progress, capturing funds headed out. With these hard benchmarks, Why are we not in helping Pakistan with all we have. Were we to multiply the aid already delivered to Pakistan flood victims by ten, we will only scratch the surface. If the Taliban produce fifty percent of aid they have claimed, Pakistan is lost.
by J John Swanko
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No. Say the Afghan police, they were robbed, in the heart of the old Northern Alliance home base near Tajikistan. Once, one would find the Taliban getting in and out of that region alive, far more amazing then the claimed killing of innocent healers.
Often inferred, the old Northern Alliance is said to have left Afghanistan, except to come back for their graft, fly back out. With the once thought hopeless mission of ending corruption, Afghanistan is making real progress, capturing funds headed out. With these hard benchmarks, Why are we not in helping Pakistan with all we have. Were we to multiply the aid already delivered to Pakistan flood victims by ten, we will only scratch the surface. If the Taliban produce fifty percent of aid they have claimed, Pakistan is lost.
by J John Swanko
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Would A Pirate Sting Work
08/10/2010 (People Port) The U.S. crackdown on terrorists is in full swing. Our Secretary Geithner is prowling the world's financial markets. Many new terrorists are showing up on lists. This spells trouble for so many people.
The pirates seemed to skate by... Their sophisticated operations require huge amount of money for such a poor area. GPS, satellite communications and the like all take money. Sure looks like a perfect sting operation. Our Drug Enforcement Agency is sure giving the Afghan narco-terrorists a tough time.
The pirates seemed to skate by... Their sophisticated operations require huge amount of money for such a poor area. GPS, satellite communications and the like all take money. Sure looks like a perfect sting operation. Our Drug Enforcement Agency is sure giving the Afghan narco-terrorists a tough time.
It may be the right time to take it to the Pirates. Some have even went to work for the terrorists there, add a few more names to list of people supporting terrosrist.
All this costs. Our Justice Department has warned those helping terrorists will find themselves in a U.S. Jail or dead on the battlefield. If you are going to target innocents, you will feel our might.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Iran, Send Our Americans Home To Their Families
We had our Secretaries Geithner, Clinton announce the tough new Iranian sanctions (Joint Statement of Secretary Geithner and Secretary Clinton ). We have had the leak of thousands of documents that tend to show our Ally is far more dangerous to US than Iran.
Plenty of reports show Iran and Venezuela teeming up to produce yellow cake. Not the kind you eat. What Iran probably does not understand, Venezuela, to make trouble for its rival, Columbia, is giving sanctuary to narco-terrorists. While I cannot substantiate this, Too many people believe the narco-terrorists will be in on the deal. Some see it as an excuse not to give Columbia a Free Trade deal.
I do not understand the Why, however, things that should be going right in our Mid-East, continue to go wrong.
Plenty of reports show Iran and Venezuela teeming up to produce yellow cake. Not the kind you eat. What Iran probably does not understand, Venezuela, to make trouble for its rival, Columbia, is giving sanctuary to narco-terrorists. While I cannot substantiate this, Too many people believe the narco-terrorists will be in on the deal. Some see it as an excuse not to give Columbia a Free Trade deal.
I do not understand the Why, however, things that should be going right in our Mid-East, continue to go wrong.
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