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As food distribution improves, Haitians want U.S to 'take over'
Tags: CURRENT EVENTS
"I want the Americans to take over the country. The Haitian government can't do anything for us," said Jean-Louis Geffrard, a laborer who lives under a tarp in the crowded square. "When we tell the government we're hungry, the government says, 'We're hungry, too.' "
Added Canga Matthieu, a medical student whose school was destroyed: "The American government should take care of us."
Added Canga Matthieu, a medical student whose school was destroyed: "The American government should take care of us."
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Webmaster's Commentary:
The American government is broke. They cannot adequately take care of their own people.
And I will guarantee Haitians one thing. If Americans "take over", it will for the oil, natural gas and mineral rights which, by rights, should belong to the Haitian people.
Those funds could be used to create a true reconstruction, and improve the standard of living for Haitians mightily.
But of course, under US control, none of this will happen.
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By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, February 1, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- International relief organizations backed by American soldiers delivered hundreds of tons of rice to homeless residents of the Haitian capital Sunday, laboring to ease a food shortage that has left countless thousands struggling to find enough to eat.
But even as food-aid workers enjoyed their most successful day since the Jan. 12 earthquake, the increasingly prominent role of U.S. troops and civilians in the capital is creating high expectations that the Obama administration is struggling to contain.
The needs are extraordinary, and the common refrain is that the Americans will provide.
Originally posted by thewind
reply to post by boaby_phet
If use (or any other superpower) was to take haiti under their wing they would actualy have a fighting chance to live a normal life that many of us in other countries take for granted..
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Tell the folks who survived Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Hurricane Andrew that! (Andrew was in 1993 I think) New Orleans is still a mess and the parts of Florida that Andrew decimated still looks like a war zone!
OOOps, that's right, there's no oil in florida or new orleans is there?
Originally posted by The_Zomar
According to the national debt each American owes in around 50 grand.
Those Haitians should feel wealthy.