Tonedeaf Motherfuckers
Jesus Christ! What the fuck is wrong with the US?
Couldn't US forces find somewhere besides the lawn of Haiti's presidential palace to land their Black Hawk military helicopters? Like, anywhere else than the seat of Haitian national sovereignty? Of course it's an invasion. But can't we at least pretend to help?
If we have to send a helicopter to land in front of Haiti's version of the White House, it should be Obama's.
Insane.
Couldn't US forces find somewhere besides the lawn of Haiti's presidential palace to land their Black Hawk military helicopters? Like, anywhere else than the seat of Haitian national sovereignty? Of course it's an invasion. But can't we at least pretend to help?
If we have to send a helicopter to land in front of Haiti's version of the White House, it should be Obama's.
Insane.
posted by Ted Rall at
3:59 PM
20 Comments:
Yea the bastards! They even sent a MILITARY hospital ship.
That cruise ship hanging in the bay was pretty bad too.
It was probably the only decent flat spot in Port-au-Prince, so they landed on it. Meanwhile the aid is not flowing out of Port-au-Prince to other Haitian cities, and an aftershock rocked the island today.
- mr. mike
"...can't we at least pretend to help?" Give me a break. Our country is putting forth a heroic effort to help Haiti after this disaster. We're not invading the country in the sense you imply.
So how is your worker's paradise Cuba helping out? And your precious Chavez sent 1 cargo plane of goods. Fact is your fellow Statists leaders are just as cheap as you Statists right here in the USA (better known to you as US of KKK).
the U S of A can probably run Haiti better than whoever they put there to run it for them.
The shock doctrine in action!
It's what the United States has been conditioned to do, it's all we can do. We're thoroughly unequipped to do anything except military occupation. So...that's what happens.
Always remember, there is no such thing as bad publicity, beee-yotch!
The State Department obviously analyzed all the potential photo-ops for cost/benefit ratio and found that this one not only projected authority and stability, but had the added benefit of reminding our adversaries around the world {yet again} that, despite rumors to the contrary, we STILL have tons and tons of cool military blow-sh#t-up tech falling out of our ears even after ten years of tossing it onto the ash-heap in Afghanistan and Iraq. A P.R. two-fer!!
Ted, I love how you go from ultra-rational to ultra-insane. It doesn't matter where the helicopters are landing as long as they're landing.
If you are unhappy with the fast and efficient logistics capabilities of our armed forces (who have had a lot more practice than they should have this past decade) I'm sure we can find some Greenpeace hippies with rafts and VW vans to transport the urgently needed aid.
I think you're jumping the gun here big-time.
No Aggie, we are actually helping the people there. The only conditioning is you progressives assuming the worst about your country. I'd be willing to switch you for one of those Haitians. I'm sure they appreciate America (yes I know America is not a country) better then you.
You've lost it, Ted. The last 10 years have been very bad for your psyche. To state that our efforts to help Haiti are negated because we landed a helicopter in front of the presidential palace . . . you're gone. Bats in the belfry, three sheets to the wind, out and done for.
You made some good points while you were still sane, though. They won't be forgotten.
Ted,
The idea of "Haitian national sovereignty" is a joke. The entirety of the government's budget is less than the foreign aid they get.
I've always thought that building was exceptionally beautiful. There's no way that they can save it. It'll almost certainly have to be leveled.
Gee, the white supremacist liberals are out for blood, Ted. You rubbed them the wrong way. Of course, it's even worse than your post... the US Imperial military is preventing medical assistance from Brazil, France, Doctors Without Borders, Caricom, etc. To answer the fascist dimwit above: Cuba already had hundreds of medical personnel in the country doing commie-pinko things like saving people's lives and training Haitian doctors who can't afford US medical school prices. But you know, the US Empire has promised $100million (which compares favorably to the $600mil Obama campaign for prez and the $2BIL in taxpayer subsidies for the new Yankee stadium... priorities, remember). And now, just like Katrina, the popular transfers are commencing to improve the tourism and investment climate... and because injured people need to walk it off. So, here's to the US of A: Iceland, Cuba, and China all beat the Empire to Haiti with help (and lucky for that, since the US would have blocked them otherwise). Heckuva job, Barry!
the US Empire has promised $100million
The US government has pledged $270 million. that doesn't include the $170 million we've pledged to the UN for relief efforts in Haiti. And it doesn't include private aid and donations.
Kills you to admit how generous we are doesn't it?
Oooo...$270 million. What we spend on killing Iraqis in a single day. How very impressive.
Total damage from the earthquake: estimated $1 billion.
Looted by Baby Doc Duvalier under US tutelage: $300-$800 million
plus
40% of Haitian GDP expropriated by US from 1915 to 1947 = unknown
And remember--only a tiny fraction of the $270 million goes to Haitians...85% goes to administrative salaries for presidents of NGOs.
A drop in the bucket? A drop would be bigger.
OK Ted, well why don't you put your money where your mouth is. Instead of raising money to go to another Stan, why don't you go to Haiti and help out?
"the U S of A can probably run Haiti better than whoever they put there to run it for them."
You mean who WE put there to run it for them? Idiot.
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