JAN 20: "IT'S A MORAL ISSUE"

The AP via the Army Times reports the following:
Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who was credited with restoring order in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, is calling on the United States, and in particular the governors along the Gulf Coast, to offer refuge to the most vulnerable Haitians affected by the deadly Jan. 12 earthquake.

“It would be nice, very moral, if our governors would reach out and take the vulnerable population to a place that is safe,” Honore said by telephone Wednesday. “It’s a moral issue. We ought to do what we can to help people.”

Honore, a Louisiana native who lives in Baton Rouge, said people on the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast ought to be open to the idea of helping others struck by a natural disaster.

“We need to face up here in Louisiana and show our charity and human kindness to people who need help,” he said.

Honore commanded Joint Task Force Katrina and became a hero in New Orleans after he landed in the flooded city and quickly kicked into action the military response to the catastrophic August 2005 storm.

Governors and their staff in Texas, Mississippi and Florida did not return calls seeking a response to Honore’s comments.

Read the full article by the AP via the Army Times, Retired 3-star: U.S. should take Haiti refugees