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VexXx Dogg wrote:Haiti is the poorest country in this hempsphere.
the US has absolutely NOTHING to gain by what you suggest.
pioneer wrote:2 d Max Auto wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:Haiti is the poorest country in this hempsphere.
the US has absolutely NOTHING to gain by what you suggest.
I tend to agree with you and hope it's a completely humanitarian operation but................history has shown the US has always been very stratigic in it's operations with it's actions being more of an investment for them with something greater to be gained
Yupp big investment in haiti...look out for bloomingdales and mc donald's
VexXx Dogg wrote:US is no longer interested in Fidel Castro and by extension Cuba. Raul is not as iron-fisted as his brother. Fidel is old and is probably suffering from dementia by now and I can imagine him operating like Grandpa Simpson, albeit with a freshly rolled cuban cigar.
Cuba is no longer a 'threat' to the US as it was in the 60's and 70's when Russia was backing them up by rattling their Missiles ever so often...
US is helping Haiti because of basic concept - 'How it go look if we don't' (IMHO)
BANzai Rastafarai wrote:
then why block the CARICOM Assessment Delegation from landing last Saturday?
BANzai Rastafarai wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:US is no longer interested in Fidel Castro and by extension Cuba. Raul is not as iron-fisted as his brother. Fidel is old and is probably suffering from dementia by now and I can imagine him operating like Grandpa Simpson, albeit with a freshly rolled cuban cigar.
Cuba is no longer a 'threat' to the US as it was in the 60's and 70's when Russia was backing them up by rattling their Missiles ever so often...
US is helping Haiti because of basic concept - 'How it go look if we don't' (IMHO)
then why block the CARICOM Assessment Delegation from landing last Saturday? or why pressure the CARICOM Geologists (who was in the country 4 hours after the quake to set up shop) to leave after the US arrived?
THE CARIBBEAN Community’s emergency aid mission to Haiti, comprising Heads of Government and leading technical officials, failed to secure permission Friday to land at that devasted country’s aiport, now under the control of the United States.
Consequently, the Caricom ’assessment mission’, that was to determine priority humanitarian needs resulting from the mind-boggling earthquake disaster of Haiti last Tuesday, had to travel back from Jamaica to their respective home destinations..
On Friday afternoon the US State Department confirmed signing two ’Memoranda of Understanding’ with the Government of Haiti that made ’official that the United Stateas is in charge of all inbound and outbound flights and aid off-loading...’
Further, according to the agreements signed, US medical personnel ’now have the authority to operate on Haitian citizens and otherwise render medical assistance without having to wait for licences from Haiti’s government...’
Prior to the US taking control of Haiti’s airport, a batch of some 30 Cuban doctors had left Havana, following Wednesday’s earthquake, to join more than 300 of their colleagues who have been working there for more than a year.
Last evening the frustration suffered by the Caricom mission to get landing permission was expected to be raised in a scheduled meeting at Jamaica’s Norman Manley International Airport with US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton.
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding who was making arrangements for the meeting with Clinton, following her visit earlier in the day to witness the devasation of the capital Port-au-Prince, said he could not comment on details to be discussed.
He, however, told this correspondent: ’I appreciate the chaos and confusion at Haiti’s airport, where there is just one operational runway. But Haiti is a member of Caricom and we simply have to be facilitated and the truth is, there is hardly a functioning government in Haiti...’
Asked whether the difficuties encountered by the Caricom mission may be related to reports that US authorities were not anxious to facilitate landing of aircraft from Cuba and Venezuela, Prime Minister Golding said he could ’only hope that there is no truth to such immature thinking in the face of the horrific scale of Haiti’s tragedy...’
Golding, who has lead portfolio responsibility among Caricom leaders for external economic relations, had a personal first-hand assessment when he flew to Haiti on Thusday.
A contigent of some 150 members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF has since established a camp with medical facilities in the vicinity of Haiti’s airport.
Ahead of last evening scheduled meeting with Secretary of State Clinton, Prime Minister Golding had discussed on Friday in Kingstom some of the probems to be overcome at a meeting he held in Kingston on Friday with the Prime Ministers of Barbados and Dominica and including the Community’s Secretary General..
Among urgent matters to be discussed with Secretary Clinton was to be possible use of the Norman Manley Airport as a primary hub, given its short distance from Haiti (45 minutes), for all emergency missions.
The Community’s Secretary General (Edwin Carrington) explained that proper use of the Norman Manley Airport would be consistent with a decision last week for Jamaica to serve as the Sub-regional Operational Focal Point (SOFP) responses to the Haitian humanitarian crisis.
Yeo wrote:The US always requests a MOU so as to protect itself incase any difficulties arise in the future.. for eg. an individual lawsuit. (It's a product of the lifestyle in the US)
I am sure there will be others not liking the US assuming control.. but until they provide the same amount of support/logistics, too bad.
BEFORE yuh think I am in total support of the US, I am not! eh!
I too am waiting too see exactly what the US will "want" in exchange for all its' "help".
I am thinking its' looking long term for business to help the Gov't re-build the city.. also possibly for use of it's land for other purposes. Because we ALL know, that Haiti will be in no shape to even attempt to repay any country/nation for its help.
Yeo wrote:The US always requests a MOU so as to protect itself incase any difficulties arise in the future.. for eg. an individual lawsuit. (It's a product of the lifestyle in the US).
Maserati wrote:What CARICOM going there to assess?
It was common knowledge the kind of destruction that took place..last thing Haiti needed was a plane full of politicians walking about for the cameras.
Good to see the US stepped up to the plate and took charge, if they had to wait for another country they would still be waiting on supplies etc to come through.
Sorry if they are pushy with the foreign teams but then that is the yankee way.
BANzai Rastafarai wrote:Maserati wrote:What CARICOM going there to assess?
It was common knowledge the kind of destruction that took place..last thing Haiti needed was a plane full of politicians walking about for the cameras.
Good to see the US stepped up to the plate and took charge, if they had to wait for another country they would still be waiting on supplies etc to come through.
Sorry if they are pushy with the foreign teams but then that is the yankee way.
Not really eh Mas.....when Grenada was devasted by the Hurricane in 2005...CARICOM did the very good job in response and recovery of that nation eh. In fact, the Trinidad Defense Force/Army team was key in the reconstructive process and aid distribution.
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Maserati wrote:BANzai Rastafarai wrote:Maserati wrote:What CARICOM going there to assess?
It was common knowledge the kind of destruction that took place..last thing Haiti needed was a plane full of politicians walking about for the cameras.
Good to see the US stepped up to the plate and took charge, if they had to wait for another country they would still be waiting on supplies etc to come through.
Sorry if they are pushy with the foreign teams but then that is the yankee way.
Not really eh Mas.....when Grenada was devasted by the Hurricane in 2005...CARICOM did the very good job in response and recovery of that nation eh. In fact, the Trinidad Defense Force/Army team was key in the reconstructive process and aid distribution.
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I was actually remembering that the other day..but this is an entire different scale..
The swift response was needed for those who survived.
From BBC I've seen alot of the foreign teams rescue people..but that window for those to be alive in the rubble is fast closing, and the focus will have to be for the survivors.
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