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2010-01-19 Caribbean-Latin America

US accused of 'occupying' Haiti as troops flood in

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Posted by Steve White 2010-01-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 France accused the US of "occupying" Haiti on Monday as thousands of American troops flooded into the country to take charge of aid efforts and security.

No, France/UN. It's called "Gettin' 'er dun." Something you aren't all that used to.

Posted by gorb 2010-01-19 00:34|| 2010-01-19 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 The US is not in Haiti because we want to. We are actually kinda booked up right now, so STFU Alain and help unload those planes if you got nothing to do while you wait for your clearance to GTFO.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2010-01-19 00:59|| 2010-01-19 00:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Who the hell would want to occupy Haiti?

What? We want to steal all their Voodoo?

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-01-19 01:24|| 2010-01-19 01:24|| Front Page Top

#4 OTOH TOPIX > WILL HAITI BECOME ISLAMIZED? Fear of many of Haiti's mostly Christian refugees turning Muslim due to Islam-intensive prosletyzing by the heavily Muslim Govt-State of Senegal once the former are allowed to temporarily resettle there???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-01-19 02:02|| 2010-01-19 02:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Well if anyone knows about occupying Haiti it would be the French.

pheucking hypocrites

Posted by Beavis 2010-01-19 05:40|| 2010-01-19 05:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, someone has to do it since the Useless Nitwits ain't.

Fuck you France, and fuck you UN. You are all worthless.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-01-19 07:28|| 2010-01-19 07:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Gee I wonder what is more efficient, a civvie cargo plane with 20 tons that takes hours on the tarmac to unload or a C-17 with 50 tons that can be unloaded in 20 minutes via drive-in forklift?

And let the rest of the world handle the next natural disaster. Americans are pooped out. We'll just stand on the side lines sniping at every little imagined grievance.

Posted by ed 2010-01-19 07:31|| 2010-01-19 07:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Cheese eating surrender monkeys like a good whine with their snails when they feel "usurped".

Its a problem of ego bashing, they cant handle it .

Posted by Oscar 2010-01-19 08:20|| 2010-01-19 08:20|| Front Page Top

#9 As my Mom would say: "Sit down and shut up."

Posted by Parabellum 2010-01-19 08:20|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/ 2010-01-19 08:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-01-19 09:44|| 2010-01-19 09:44|| Front Page Top

#11 France can shut the hell up. Tout suite.

Posted by mojo 2010-01-19 10:46|| 2010-01-19 10:46|| Front Page Top

#12 So joyandt is pissy because he couldn't get his flight of French citizens out of country when he promised.

And the un is contributing one word per casualty for their narrative spinning their imputence as caused by the USA.

Is MSF coordinating, or just flying planes towards PaP and demanding to land? After the Greensburg tornado there was a call to help answered across the state, especially at the university towns...they were turned back because the last thing needed was a thousand untrained people showing up without warning with no supplies, getting in the way. Has mr. joyandet walked out of the wire without protection?

Mission Envy. And envy is such a low emotion, especially during a disaster. France and the UN had their chance after the aristide deal, and personally thought they should all go fornicate a power outlet after that turd in the thank you envelope, but people need help and in this part of the world that means that means hanging up the grievences and getting it done. Sorry if these governing bodies do not understand so I'll put it in terms they use...its a cultural thing, so respect our culture to help an immediate neighbor. Wanna help, great, but stop trying to be the BDOC, quit'cha bitchn' and start coordinating.

It is nice to see a gently-put ROE outline. Its why the police go to fires, to make sure the scene is secure so that the firefighters can work a scene already dangerous without having to worry about spectator interference and such.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-01-19 11:43|| 2010-01-19 11:43|| Front Page Top

#13 It takes a lot of weapons to do good works (as Richard the Lionhearted could have told us). And this is not just a Somali problem. We have poverty and deprivation in our own country. Try standing unarmed on a street corner in Compton handing out twenty-dollar bills and see how long you last.

P J O Rourke

Posted by Phavirt Bonaparte8262 2010-01-19 16:57|| 2010-01-19 16:57|| Front Page Top

#14 I, for one, breathlessly await the arrival of the Charles DeGaulle to help with the rescue and recovery efforts. It will be nice to have sophisticated people running this show instead of a bunch of gun-clingin', Bible-totin' rednecks.

It is coming, right?

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-01-19 18:01|| 2010-01-19 18:01|| Front Page Top

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