The US is swift and thorough when it comes to "humanitarian intervention" (a.k.a. bombing the bejesus out of a country), but pitifully slow when it comes to "humanitarian aid" (a.k.a. actually helping a country):
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/15/manila-defends-typhoonreliefresponse.html
Both efforts seem to require aircraft carriers to accomplish, but clearly we are much better at destruction than we are at salvation.
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