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Skriven 2010-01-18 17:23:42 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
   Kommentar till text 3235 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Haiti
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17 Jan 10 10:04, Ward Dossche wrote to All:

 WD> The US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is on a visit to
 WD> Haiti.

 WD> As the US controls the airspace in and out of Haiti (also in and out
 WD> of Cuba BTW) all foreign relief flights have been ordered back or
 WD> were diverted for the duration of the visit of the US Secretary of
 WD> State.

Wrong, as usual. The Haitian airport was damaged by the earthquake and
only 17 international flights were able to land in one day. Including
those from the US. Instead, helicopters from the USS Vinson (sp) are being
used to haul relief items and personell to/fro the US hospital ship.

 WD> It would not be nice for the US general public to notice someone else
 WD> is also doing something.

We have seen the news and those who are there, Brazilians, other South
Americans and Mexico have priority.

 WD> It would not be nice for the US general public to learn that the EU
 WD> has already released 432 million Euro for aid (that's over 600
 WD> million US dollar).

That's just a pitance to what the US and other American countrys have
released. And the US public, who can ill afford to give anything.

 WD> It would not be nice for the US general public to learn that 24hrs
 WD> after the quake, European relief teams were flying in in a
 WD> coordinated system which was set-up for such events after the 2004
 WD> tsunami-disaster. (Then the US moved-in military and forcefully took
 WD> over the already coordinated operation and seems to be making a mess)

It would be nice if the Euros would stay out of the Americas and leave the
relief efforts to them.

 WD> It would not be nice for the US general public to learn that a
 WD> Belgian Airbus A330 military freighter with urgent medical material
 WD> and transportable water-production plants was force-landed in
 WD> Reykjavik by the US as the TSA had problems with a flight that stayed
 WD> away hundreds of miles from US soil.

See above.

 WD> There are 3 loaded freighters here waiting for 48hrs while people are
 WD> dying.

See above.

 WD> The B-Fast airbus (also a Belgian one BTW), which is a fast
 WD> relief-team which can be activated in 12hrs, transported people form
 WD> the Netherlands, Iceland, Spain was force-landed on Santa-Maria on
 WD> the Azores. Etc etc ...

See above.

 WD> I wonder what excuse the US will invent when the next terrorist
 WD> happens to come from Haiti and leaves a note "By stalling aid, you
 WD> killed my child".

When the Euros get the idea and leave the western hemisphere to those who
live here, that won't happen.


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