On this basis, I have decided to jump ship. Under Eric's premise, their is
no intent beyond what can be done for the US. Such transparency won't go
unnoticed. And I had expected the UN mythology to arise, even if it wasn't
from Eric's keyboard. It's as if Haliburton had done no wrong with
contracts. The final nail however is the notion that it will result in the
US being able to combat deseases brought into the US by those 'dirty
immigrants' (my paraphrasing).
It's as if the final final benefit of USS Yost will perhaps, but only
perhaps, be the notion that it might do some good in those unnamed foreign
climes. But they're dirty places those climes and perhaps it would be better
if we kept our assets off shore and just so everyone can be sure, we'll pull
those assets out in the event we can't cope with another natural disaster at
home.
Sorry Eric, I doubt you wanted me on board anyway.
Simon
ck: Why, Eric, do you think this should be a US project? Want Halliburton to run it? Not that the UN is a paragon of efficiency, but our government would subcontract the whole project to you know who.
I want it to be run by the US (maybe CDC) and not privatized or subcontracted so that:
* The corrupt UN debating entity will have no say in its deployment. (Imagine the UN overruling the deployment of hospital ships to Baltimore because they seek leverage in some other aspect of US policy or because somebody like Kofi Anan's son wants his palm greased.)
* Its operation will be relatively transparent. (Better $300 toilet seats than $3 billion missing operating expenses.)
* US investments result in direct benefit to the US economy. I'm particularly concerned about the tropical and rare diseases our immigration policies will bring to the US. These hospital ships would be a front line in preparing US doctors to deal with these diseases by addressing them first in their countries of origin, and perhaps also would encourage big pharma to do advance r&d on treatment of these diseases in anticipation of them becoming big business stateside.
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