Klarinet Archive - Posting 000056.txt from 2005/09

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Assistance for hurricane/flooding victims
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 07:02:37 -0400

sarah elbaz wrote:

>The African American spokesperson talked about 40,000 Ethiopien jews and that was in the 90's.
>It was done within 72 hours and by Israeli airplains.
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36 hours, 14,000 Ethiopian Jews.

Yes, a logistical marvel. Runways were open, though, for massive aircraft.

If Danyel would like to think about a logistical feat never repeated
again, by an uncaring government, he might want to start by reviewing
the Berlin airlift. A different time, many different reasons..

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