Haiti . . . simply getting water to people.

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It's a mixed bag, we do some good things, some not.

and here's some good news.

Seaport, banks reopening in quake-hit Haiti, PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters), Patrick Markey and Matthew Bigg, Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:34pm
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60B5IZ20100121
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“Small grocery shops and barber shops, as well as some pharmacies, were open again in Port-au-Prince, some extending credit to regular customers short of cash.
“Banks were to reopen on Friday in the provinces and on Saturday in Port-au-Prince, giving most Haitians their first access to cash since the quake hit, Commerce Minister Josseline Colimon Fethiere told Reuters.”
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Still needs a lot of direct investment and a lot of direct aid.

At least, this is the first step towards normalcy in Haiti, from what's said above.

Yes, a good first step.

And let's just stay involved. We keep learning, and if it feels right, when the occasion arises, maybe each of us can consider donating money and/or time.

haha... I hope to donate to Haiti privately. The Singapore government just donated... US$50,000? (Gasp)

We had to invade, the French were coming. Silence about our Tesla Earth Quake Machine!

We do learn, FEMA still has no plan, but the 82 Airborne does. First they sent the government to the Dominican Republic, got the old port working, built roads, restored power, and a flood of aid is reaching the people. If we had hit Bagdad like that, food, water, medical care, it would have been a different war.

Winning wars is more than half winning hearts and minds. This is the greatest training oppertunity ever, no shooting, except the local police, and a population who will accept a better life.

To resettle all of these people calls for some land reform, free and fair elections, and a New Haiti.

If we do not bring change to Haiti someone else will. Haiti can be happy and self supporting.

The world is watching.

I hope that Haiti can be free and prosperous after the rebuilding. Time will tell whether this is true, though.

A free and prosperous Haiti. I hope for that, too.

And it also gets me thinking a little about my own country's military, as a citizen of the United States, what if our military makes a transition from fighting to disaster assistance so that, say thirty years down the road, they're both about 50-50---that combined with some good luck! Yeah, it does get me thinking.

Haiti's Agony: What It Will Take to Rebuild, Time Magazine, MICHAEL ELLIOTT Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packa ... z0dZ4VZGFZ

" . . . The world now rarely sees major outbreaks of infectious disease in the wake of disasters. Even in the case of the 2004 tsunami, which killed more than 200,000 people, a rapid and thorough response headed off what could have been a huge postdisaster death toll. Indeed, the sheer amount of international attention on Haiti might ultimately improve its public-health system — as occurred in the Indonesian province of Aceh after the tsunami. . . "


So, it's a winnable game. But we still need to win it!