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Remo I agree with you. Haiti is in such bad shape right now, that it will take months just to bury the bodies. It was a poor country to begin with, but that doesn't make what has happened any less tragic. Their infrastructure is totally gone, and it will take help from elsewhere to even start a small amount of recovery. The world, which includes us, should come to their aid. But some of the richest countries are turning a blind eye. I sure hope the world is watching.
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I copied this article from THE WAR topic at FBIS. Maybe it will help some to understand some of who are helping in Haiti.
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Yes, all kinds of countries are making search and rescue contributions, but none of them are offering an increase in immigration as part of the aid they are giving, Israel especially.
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This is a disaster that should not be put in terms of the color of ones skin. And yes they did have an infrastructure. It was not quite what we here in the US consider adequate but they had one non the less. Now it is completely gone. I do not compare what we have here and say because they were not equal to our standards that they don't deserve a modicum of relief. The whole world should help, and the US is part of the world. Who I condemn are the wealthy countries that are not contributing. Let's not make this a race thing, ok.
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Notice in images coming out of the earthquake and survivors. See all the white dust which comes from the toppled cinder block structures? All that was from previous aid. It was a lot of money and it went nowhere. No more money should be sent that goes nowhere. They need family planning and they need to throw the Catholic church out.
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The problems with that country should be dealt with at some future date, but right now just keeping thousands of people alive should be the first priority. |
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Telethon
I didn't watch the Haiti fund raising telethon last night but I heard that George Cloney sponsored it and donated $1 million as did Leonargo Decaprio.
Since I didn't watch I may not be too well informed but from other news sources - where is Danny Glover, Oprah, Jesse Jackson the black crowd ???? The doctors, aid workers, rescue teams are all white ? I see white American soldiers carryling little Haitian children. Where is the black community ? |
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I have no idea what countries are helping but there are so many I cannot even remember all of them, even China is doing something. Relocating the people is not the answer. That was one of the worst mistakes about New Orleans, they scattered the resident all over the US instead of relocating them in Louisiana where they belonged. There was no hope that they could ever settle in other states and then resettle back to LA.
Do you think they have back hoes, catapillers, all the road building equipment and all the other equipment needed to just remove the rubble? I just hope someone reliable is in charge of the funds for the rebuilding. The US government does not seem too safe to take care of someone elses money considering our own economic condition. |
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