To most people's eyes, this is one ugly ship.But I'll bet it looks absolutely beautiful to the Haitians when it arrives this coming Thursday. It's on the way right now.
It's the USNS Comfort, a hospital ship with 250 beds and 550 medical personnel.
America is quietly providing real assistance, as it always does. We already have a substantial presence on the ground there, far larger than all other countries and the U.N. taken together. This is not to denigrate their efforts, but rather to make a point: the world depends on America's ability to project resources quickly, whether those resources are military, medical, financial, or logistical. Private American citizens give more to foreign causes, per capita, than the citizens of any other country. For the past 20 years, America's ability in these areas is more effective than the rest of the world combined, and that shows no signs of changing. The rest of the world depends on us to provide (and pay for) these things.
As an American, I'm proud of these facts. I wish we got a little more credit for them from our foriegn critics...
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