On Saturday, US forces diverted at least 5 planes filled with physicians and relief supplies to Santo Domingo.
Is this anyway to save Haiti?
One Al-Jazeera reporter called what the USA and others are building at the airport as a big new Green Zone, like in Baghdad.
BLACKLISTED NEWS REPORTS
BLACKLISTED NEWS (BN) reported 3 days ago why the relief effort was beginning to run amok.
http://blacklistednews.com/?news_id=7063
"The main actors in America's "humanitarian operation' are the Department of Defense, the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (See USAID Speeches: On-The-Record Briefing on the Situation in Haiti, 01/13/10). USAID has also been entrusted in channelling food aid to Haiti, which is distributed by the World Food Program. (See USAID Press Release: USAID to Provide Emergency Food Aid for Haiti Earthquake Victims, January 13, 2010)"
I do not recall the US Army or DOD handling major health and safety related emergencies in Iraq in 2003-2007. I do not find they have done a great job in Afghanistan. (The DOD is better than 20th Century Russian occupiers and 19th Century British would-be occupiers of Afghanistan in terms of offering some humanitarian service.) The idea of putting the DOD in charge of humanitarian affairs has not been working. Why is Obama doing this?
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