Posted on 02/02/2010 6:49:09 AM PST by cycle of discernment
I served in the SOG in Viet Nam with Brockhausen and Hebler, they have both been involved with various disaster relief programs for the last several years to include Hurricane Katrina. They have both always been straight shooters and known to call a spade a spade, as well as sometimes using very "colorful" language. So I have no doubts as to the truthfulness of what he's saying. ---------------------------------------- News back from Nic Brockhausen. He and Dennis Hebler made it back somewhat safe and sound.See below:
To All,
I just returned from Haiti with Hebler. We flew in at 3 AM Sunday to the scene of such incredible destruction on one side, and enormous ineptitude and criminal neglect on the other.
Port O Prince is in ruins. The rest of the country is fairly intact.Our team was a rescue team and we carried special equipment that locates people buried under the rubble. There are easily 200,000 dead, city smells like a charnal house.
The bloody UN was apparently doing nothing but wasting US Taxpayers money. The ones I ran into were either incompeyent or outright anti american. Most are French or french speakers, worthless every damn one of them.
While 1800 rescuers were ready willing and able to leave the airport and go do our jobs, the UN and USAID (another organization full of little OBamites and communisrts that openly speak against America)
These two organizations exemplared their parochialism by:
USAID, when in control of all inbound flights, had food and water flights stacked up all the way to Miami, yet allowed Geraldo Rivera, Anderson Cooper and a host of other left wing news puppies to land.
Pulled all the security off the rescue teams so that Bill Clinton and his wife could have the grand tour, while we sat unable to get to people trapped in the rubble.
Stacked enough food and water for the relief over at the side of the airfield then put a guard on it while we dehydrated and wouldnt release a drop of it to the rescuers.
No shower facilities to decontaminate after digging or moving corpses all day, except for the FEMA teams who brought their own shower and decon equipment, as well as air conditioned tents.
No latrine facilities, less digging a hole if you set up a shitter everyone was trying to use it.
I watched a 25 year old Obamite with the USAID shrieking hysterically, berate a full bird colonel in the air force, because he countermanded her orders, while trying to unscrew the air pattern. "You dont know what your president wants! The military isn't in charge here we are!"
If any of you are thinking of giving money to the Haitian relief, or to the UN dont waste your money. It will only go to further the goals of the French and the Liberal left.
If we are a fair and even society, why is it that only white couples are adopting haitian orphans. Where the hell is that vocal minority that is always screaming about the injustice of American society.
Bad place, bad situation, but a perfect look at the new world order in action. New Orleans magnified a thousand is Papa Doc. That's not just my opinion, that is what virtually every Haitian we talked with said. They said the French treat us same as when we were a colony, at least Papa Doc ran the country.
Oh, and as a last slap in the face the last four of us had to take US AIRWAYs home from Phoenix. They slapped me with a 590 dollar baggage charge for the four of us. The girl at the counter was almost in tears because she couldnt give us a discount or she would lose her job. Pass that on to the flying public.
Nick
I don’t know what to say,,,,,,, it’s disgraceful,,,,,,,,,
That’s truly sad, the people always suffer when government but’s in. We’ve been throwing billions at Haiti for years and nothing has changed for the people. And when hillary went to Haiti, my first thought was, what in the heck is she doing there when they have limited landing space and they are trying desperately to get food and supplies in. This whole thing makes me sick. This makes Katrina look like a day in the park.
Surprised, no. Disgusted, yes. Rush was right again.
Shameful. I have not given any money to the relief effort. I felt bad about it until I read this. I will give to the local Red Cross instead.
I’m with you. Heard on Rush that the US has given billions of dollars to Haiti over the last 10 years. Ok, where did the money go? All I had to see was the pictures of the presidential palace and I got my answer. I don’t have anything against the haitian people, but it is extremely naive to believe that any cash donated to that country will actually get used to help the haitians. Sorry, I was born at night, but not last night. It’s like giving food aid to North Korea. The food ends up with the military while the civilians resort to canabalism.
We gave money to Peter’s Pence, a Catholic charity in Rome.
This isn’t news. Haiti is always about corruption as are massive relief efforts anywhere on the globe.
Don’t worry - we are going to bring them ALL to the United States...
The magnitude of the disaster knocked out the normal corruption for a few days - that's why early on rescuers could cross the border and get to work saving lives. But corruption and the old way of doing business in Haiti recovered quickly. The day that the Haitian government arrested a group of church people trying to save the lives of a group of children showed that loud and clear. They could have just turned around the bus and said "sorry you need more paperwork, and it really is better for the kids to be sleeping in the street" but instead they arrested the volunteers - and focused the news story on that instead.
Why? To send a message to all the aid groups that the old corrupt Haiti was back in operation.
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