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THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI

ON JANUARY 12TH, THE ISLE OF HAITI WAS HIT WITH A 7.0 SCALE EARTHQUAKE. PREDICTIONS ARE LOSS OF LIVES OF ABOUT 150,000 PEOPLE. THE US HAS ALREADY PLEDGED $100 MILLION IN AID AND PEACEKEEPING INTERACTIONS. THAT NUMBER COULD DOUBLE OR TRIPLE IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THE COUNTRY IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN UNSTABLE IN GOVERNMENT. OF THE APPROXIMATELY 10 MILLION POPULATION, ONLY 30% REACH THE 6TH GRADE. 90% OF THE PEOPLE LIVE IN POVERTY. INFRASTRUCTURE IS ARCHAIC AT BEST. 50% OF THE PEOPLE PRACTICE VODOU RELIGION. RICE AND BEANS IS THE MAIN DIET. FRENCH CREOLE IS THE NATIVE LANGUAGE. AND THE COUNTRY IS RANKED 149TH IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE OUT OF 155 AS POOREST. QUESTION: WE HAVE MADE OUR US COMMITMENT OF AID THAT IS COMMENDABLE AND NECESSARY AT THIS TIME. WILL WE KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE AFTER SOME RESTORATIONS ARE MADE? OR WILL THE US BE FORCED OUT AGAIN, AS WE HAVE SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, AS THESE PEOPLE DESPISE THE USA AND WESTERN CAPITALISM AS A WHOLE. MANY ATTEMPTS TO STABILIZE AND HELP THIS NATION IN THE PAST HAVE ALL GONE BADLY. POST YOUR FEELINGS AND PROPOSITIONS FOR OUR INVOLVEMENT NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

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Permalink Reply by AQUAMAN on January 30, 2011 at 9:22pm

My information came from Fox News, Greta had a guest reporter last week that just returned from Haiti. Now we are also seeing similar things in Egypt, that corrupt leader is also getting a lot of aid in big dollars from the USA. I truly think the majority of people in Haiti are so caught up in Voodoo and drug abuse, they are totally lost. Our aid should have had strict monitoring in it's dispersal, with or without troops, it was the only way it could be done there with any success. Lack of schools and education is also a big root of the problem. Someone also said the ex-dictator Baby Doc was on his way back for more stealing, but, I guess that hasn't happened yet.