[Marxism] helicopters?

["acpollack2@xxxxxxxx" <acpollack2@xxxxxxxx>]

Does anyone know how many helicopters the US military has total; what % are in 
Iraq, Afghanistan and Colombia; and therefore how many could be used for 
relief? The obvious reason is that right now the biggest obstacle to relief -- 
to preventing death by starvation, dehydration or disease -- is getting aid to 
areas where ground traffic can't go for either "natural" or political and 
economic reasons.

This statistic would be useful for ongoing efforts like those of IAC to 
counterpose military spending to relief.

P.S. The NY Times has a graphic today in an article bashing Arab countries for 
not giving more aid which shows that the amount the US is giving is once again 
the LOWEST per capita of any imperialist nation. CNN yesterday did a similar 
Arab-bashing segment. Without of course mentioning that the Arab regimes 
mentioned are the same kind of imperialist puppets as those in the tsunami-hit 
countries which are blocking some of the relief efforts.

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