Aid still moving too slowly...

The B.B.C. reports that the World Food Program has had some success getting aid through to Darfur, but that some trucks have been looted en route. Given the situation on the ground, somebody has to take responsibility for securing aid shipments, quickly.

Despite some specific success at getting aid through, overall, aid is still moving too slowly to prevent thousands from starving to death. A good friend who happens to be an experienced U.S. Air Force airlift pilot analyzed the World Food Program's claim that their Darfur airlift will exceed the Berlin Airlift, and he's skeptical. If the U.S. Air Force used every C-5 in its inventory, flying 24/7, and assuming zero maintenance delays (which is an outlandishly optimistic assumption), it would take 110 days to exceed the Berlin Airlift. Using the most conservative current estimate (440 people per day) nearly 50,000 people in Darfur could die of disease and starvation in 110 days.