Haiti Day 6 - No one but the Israeli's have come to help any of our patients that are dying

You Tube ^ | 1/18/10 | CNN Elizabeth Cohen

[dervish]

Anyone suggesting that CNN is reporting favorably on Israel just to slam the US really doesn’t know much about CNN.

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The U.S. relief effort after the Haiti earthquake started too slowly and cautiously, says a retired general who led the military relief effort on the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

“The next morning after the earthquake, as a military man of 37 years service, I assumed … there would be airplanes delivering aid, not troops, but aid,” said retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who coordinated military operations after disaster struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005. “What we saw instead was discussion about, ‘Well we’ve got to send an assessment team in to see what the needs are.’ And anytime I hear that, my head turns red.”

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“I was a little frustrated to hear that USAID was the lead agency,” he said. “I respect them, but they’re not a rapid deployment unit.”

USAID immediately dispatched an assessment team and search-and-rescue teams, but there has still not been widespread distribution of food or water, three days after the Haiti earthquake.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-01-15-general-criticizes-response_N.htm

[Joe 6-pack]

"I also can’t help but wonder how the Israelis got permisssion to land after so many aircraft were turned back after circling for hours,somebody has some pull,it would seem."

Israelis operate under the principle that it's better to ask forgiveness after the fact than to ask permission before. That's why they get sh!t done.

[J Edgar]

Haiti is going to be the greatest human tragedy of the last 200 years - before it's over, at least a million people are going to die - why do I say that -
well the aid that has been delivered so far is probably in the 1% to 2% range of what is needed. Lack of water, sanitary provisions, food, medical supplies, facilities, and personnel is going to cause many, many more deaths and widespread disease IMHO

[VRWCTexan]

Photo of Israeli flag flying over Haiti field hospital

http://twitpic.com/z0uxn

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