01.20
What has happened in Haiti is horrible beyond words. Tragic, catastrophic and heart crushing. I am very proud of those who have immediately mobilized and taken action. Proud of everyone but the US military. That part doesn’t make ANY sense to me.
We are a sovereign nation with borders. We have a constitution in place to confine our government to specific tasks. Nowhere does it say that it is ok to send our military into another nation if there is a natural disaster! What are they going to do? Shoot the earthquakes?
And of course whoever has the guns is the boss. So the stories I’m reading just make me SICK.
US Army’s 82nd Airborne division, who immediately after landing in Port-au-Prince, marched through the city’s rubble-strewn streets and past its smashed businesses to take control of the hospital.
“Look at that – they’re already telling us to leave,” said Shelove Cassamager, 33, who said he had come to the hospital to tend an injured relative, but was unceremoniously shown the door by the US troops.
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US military helicopters also touched down yesterday on the grounds of the damaged presidential palace, dropping off more than 100 US marines – a deployment met with even greater ire on the part of many patriotic Haitians.
For many dejected Haitians, even as they welcome the prospect of vital aid, the arrival of US troops is a symbol for how low the country has fallen in the space of one dismal week.
And the US deployment was not welcomed by some in the crowd who saw the arrival as an affront to Haitian sovereignty.
They are a sovereign nation! Proud of who they are and have hope for the future and it must just CRUSH their very souls to see a foreign military land at their capital. Imagine if things were in reverse and China were landing at the White House with fully armed gunmen “taking command of the situation.”
We bully our way around the world in a way that continues to cause unforeseen problems generations later and when we realize its happening. . . even with our “Change” president. . . we just go ahead and do it again.
If there was REALLY a need for security then wouldn’t it be smart to HIRE security? Retired police and service men who would probably even volunteer. They could be hired, organized and work under the relief organizations themselves. No single big entity that “represents” our country. No need to build monumental permanent structures and housing while starving kids look on.
NO MORE NATION BUILDING! PLEASE! Our country is broke and yet we constantly go around the world trying to solve the world’s problems using money we don’t have with methods that have been shown time and time again not to work. You can’t shoot everything. You don’t send our young kids with guns into countries without there being consequences that are never good. Its just common sense! Please please please stop this madness. :-(
Hi Billy
I agree. And their bosses are meddling old ladies with too many guns since Allen Dulles at least. I started reading tons of books during Bushco. It’s amazing what these guys have got away with. It is heartening that they are busted a round the world and sad that we are the last to know.
Thanks for the tut using surface baker- came across it in thinking about getting Lightwave upgrade since A:M forum says it has no entries for ‘mac’. See you are wanting kids- can’t recommend my two 87 yr olds…i am at my folks doing what i can to keep their lives normal.
CAn’t believe i am thinking of 3d again when it seems the direction we are headed seems more suited to- i don’t know- blacksmithing or farming. Fun to see your blog!
o yeah- i like Ron Paul for being agin all the wars but voted for Cynthia McKinney…