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MineralMan

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7. I'm not sure that's correct, actually.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #6)

Sat Aug 9, 2014, 02:57 PM

Aug 2014

There's no landing strip where those people are, so it would have to be helicopters. How many of those are available and within range I do not know. They got 20 people on the one in the video. How many thousands of people are up there on that mountain top?

Not all aircraft in the area can carry passengers or land on a mountaintop where there is no airfield.

And then, there's the question of where they would be taken. I have no answer for that, since I don't know the exact situation.

Sometimes solutions sound easier than they actually are. I think that's the case here.

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Kurdish news agency releases video of private humanitarian helicopter drop, swamped by refugees. [View all] Fred Sanders Aug 2014 OP

Is a mass evacuation by helicopter possible? femmocrat Aug 2014 #1

Looked like a thousand people just at this one spot...is there room on troop transport helicopters? Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #2

I think it may be best if they have adequete food and water first. Kaleva Aug 2014 #3

We got troops, don't we....and airlift to other cities would solve the food and water problem, the Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #5

The Iraqis tried to get the food and water through and were repelled. It's going to be their troops freshwest Aug 2014 #14

After they lighten the load, they should take some away. That's the entire point of the thing. freshwest Aug 2014 #13

The video says there are about 100,000 people there. It would take A LOT of helicopters tblue37 Aug 2014 #17

Yes, it will... Or the covering fire I mentioned will allow convoys to get them out, which they freshwest Aug 2014 #18

It would take a lot of helicopters or a lot of trips. MineralMan Aug 2014 #4

Relying on memory alone, America has hundreds of aircraft and thousands of troops within range. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #6

I'm not sure that's correct, actually. MineralMan Aug 2014 #7

Worth discussing, I am hopeful Obama has all the info and a humanitarian battle plan as well. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #8

He has the information, of course. He also knows the MineralMan Aug 2014 #12

Yes, and by taking care of immediate survival needs, you create a better climate for valor, MH1 Aug 2014 #9

Better climate for valor? Never heard that one before...is it like "no pain, no gain"? Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #10

Why bring Gaza into it? I'm just saying when people aren't starving, they're more likely to be MH1 Aug 2014 #11

VIDEO: freshwest Aug 2014 #15

The video is worth watching just to get an idea of the Yazidis' desperation. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #16

We need to give the KRG whatever assistance it needs... roamer65 Aug 2014 #19