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US accused of 'occupying' Haiti as troops flood in

Yea however there are also comments about bias by the US military, which can easily lead to people claiming "occupation" and worse. If you have noticed that the first few days, it was "the US has taken over" bla bla.. and now it is more "the US is working under the authority of the Hatian national government and the UN" or something similar. That is a mark change in attitude for some reason.

But much of it is due to frustration and lack of communication. For example, the French sent a plane with a mobile hospital but was at first denied landing permission in Haiti. They did get it in the next day but why was it denied in the first place no one can explain. I also know that the British have complained over the fact that their search and resuce teams cant get their equipment into Haiti.. the plane carrying the equipment has been turned away 4+ times and what could be more important than a hospital and heavy lifting gear? Another example was flights from the US where supposedly the US denied non American aid workers access to US military flights at first. Situations like this only works right into the sceptics hands especially when they go unexplained.

Plus like it or not the US (or France) does not have the best reputation in Haiti due to its past meddling in its politics so having US troops pour in as they are could easily by the locals be seen as an invasion.

From what I heard on the radio, the plane was denied landing because there was a complete gridlock at the airport. Yes, someone screwed up prioritizing, but that's all it was: it was an error, not some conspiracy.
 
They didn't properly coordinate their arrival. There might have been other gear that was of a higher priority. Perhaps there just wasn't anywhere to put them once they landed. The reasons are endless.

Right now, food and water are priority one. Looking for dead people is probably last on the list.

But, hey, it don't matter what the US does, someone's going to cry about it.

Food and water are the Hatians priority. Securing the airport, distribution points, communications etc is the actual priority. Otherwise the food and water sits on the apron because it can't go anywhere.
 
To suggest that the US would use this disaster as an excuse to occupy Haiti is ridiculous, unless there is some shortage of chicken feet that I am not aware of.

Gives you somewhere to ship the Gitmo prisoners?
 
Why the **** would we want that ****hole?

Because if we go ahead and colonize Haiti, we might be able to stop pouring money into a bottomless pit and start making a little money off the place for a change.

The trend seems to be that we have to go in every few years, dumps millions of dollars to bail them out, only to allow them to run the country into the ground and have to do it all over again.
 
From what I heard on the radio, the plane was denied landing because there was a complete gridlock at the airport. Yes, someone screwed up prioritizing, but that's all it was: it was an error, not some conspiracy.
the airport has one runway. It can hold one large plane or 4 smaller. Theyre having to queue up planes until there is space on the ground. The most the airport was doing before was 30 flights we're now doing 180 flights a day out of there. The main seaport isnt operable so yeah its a logistical nightmare
 
the airport has one runway. It can hold one large plane or 4 smaller. Theyre having to queue up planes until there is space on the ground. The most the airport was doing before was 30 flights we're now doing 180 flights a day out of there. The main seaport isnt operable so yeah its a logistical nightmare

A lot of supplies are being redirected to the Dominican republic and routed overland.
 
Typical french imbecile. He needs to be relieved of his duties and told to shut the **** up.

:doh

Of course he might be the one with an accurate take on US priorities in this situation...

" ... I am sitting a couple of hundred metres away from the runway of Port au Prince airport and I am frustrated. I wonder if I am allowed to say that as a journalist. But, having been in Haiti for the past few days, I realise normal rules no longer apply.

We've just returned from a makeshift hospital less than a mile from here. Run by Dominicans, guarded by Peruvian UN soldiers, it is surrounded by desperate Haitians, who don't understand Spanish and are hungry, injured and frustrated.

Behind the gates of this former industrial park, people are still dying. There are few supplies, few surgeons, no operating rooms. People are treated on clumsy wooden tables and sleep beneath trees. We see a body bag, containing another of Haiti's countless earthquake victims. Many more have critical injuries, internal bleeding and massive fractures. They need urgent help.

They lie on the floor, on blankets in the dirt, as helicopters and planes come in to land at the airport. So close, but yet so far.

A week after the earthquake, aid is still not reaching them.

I have previously spent some time working at Oxfam, but I am no expert on the complicated process of delivering aid and certainly not in a country where conditions are as challenging as they are here now. I am relying on what I can see, hear, smell and feel.

So back to the airport where just to my right on the tarmac outside the terminal building, I can see a long row of vast American transporter planes.

The noise of trucks reversing, helicopters landing and plane engines running. Dozens of men and women wearing US military fatigues sit or walk around. Tents block out the sun from families waiting to travel, some are definitely American citizens, others Canadian. I see some who look Haitian. ... "




Aid 'piled up' as Haiti stays hungry - Channel 4 News
 
Don't say that too loud or you'll have China coming to Haiti to show us Americans how a real occupation goes ...

China has a shortage of chicken feet?.... why doesn't anybody tell me these things?
 
Why am I always the last to know....... I smell opportunity!!!!! I’ll bet I could sell them chicken gizzards too.
I suspect that market is locked up by Pepsico. KFC is huge over there.
 
You sure take all of the fun out of things. :2wave:
Sorry ... if I could corner the market on chicken feet I sure as hell wouldn't be wasting my time here!
 
Of course he might be the one with an accurate take on US priorities in this situation...

" ... I am sitting a couple of hundred metres away from the runway of Port au Prince airport and I am frustrated. I wonder if I am allowed to say that as a journalist. But, having been in Haiti for the past few days, I realise normal rules no longer apply.

We've just returned from a makeshift hospital less than a mile from here. Run by Dominicans, guarded by Peruvian UN soldiers, it is surrounded by desperate Haitians, who don't understand Spanish and are hungry, injured and frustrated.

Behind the gates of this former industrial park, people are still dying. There are few supplies, few surgeons, no operating rooms. People are treated on clumsy wooden tables and sleep beneath trees. We see a body bag, containing another of Haiti's countless earthquake victims. Many more have critical injuries, internal bleeding and massive fractures. They need urgent help.

They lie on the floor, on blankets in the dirt, as helicopters and planes come in to land at the airport. So close, but yet so far.

A week after the earthquake, aid is still not reaching them.

I have previously spent some time working at Oxfam, but I am no expert on the complicated process of delivering aid and certainly not in a country where conditions are as challenging as they are here now. I am relying on what I can see, hear, smell and feel.

So back to the airport where just to my right on the tarmac outside the terminal building, I can see a long row of vast American transporter planes.

The noise of trucks reversing, helicopters landing and plane engines running. Dozens of men and women wearing US military fatigues sit or walk around. Tents block out the sun from families waiting to travel, some are definitely American citizens, others Canadian. I see some who look Haitian. ... "




Aid 'piled up' as Haiti stays hungry - Channel 4 News


I disagree. We are not occupying anything. Our marines are there to keep the Haitian thugs from stealing supplies from poor people. In addition to that, the marines are there to protect the personnel participating in the relief effort.

He's just another anti-American french toad who needs to choke on his meal of frogs legs and white wine.
 
I'm surprised our Marines aren't under UN command.
 
Who the hell would even want to occupy Haiti, I mean have you seen that place?
 
Perhaps after the 1915-1934 occupation, and the 1994-1995 occupation, somebody thinks third time's the charm?
 
Perhaps after the 1915-1934 occupation, and the 1994-1995 occupation, somebody thinks third time's the charm?
So you think promoting the occupation angle is a good and honest thing to do? I suppose you have a better idea?
 
Damned evil imperialist Americans. How dare they send their military into Haiti to help stabilize the country. What gives them the right to provide medical assistance, distribute food and clean water. Arrogant sons a bitches are setting up the logistics necessary to save lifes and provide sustenance to a devistated people. How dare they.:roll:
 
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Damned evil imperialist American. How dare they send their military into Haiti to help stabilize the country. What gives them the right to provide medical assistance, distribute food and clean water. Arrogant sons a bitches are setting up the logistics necessary to save lifes and provide sustenance to a devistated people. How dare they.:roll:
Maybe we should just leave, and let the UN handle it all.
 
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Damned evil imperialist Americans. How dare they send their military into Haiti to help stabilize the country. What gives them the right to provide medical assistance, distribute food and clean water. Arrogant sons a bitches are setting up the logistics necessary to save lifes and provide sustenance to a devistated people. How dare they.:roll:

You can tell how many people on here actually read the article.
 
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