“The Horror”...Haiti

was at ground zero for 3 straight months 12-15 hrs a day after 9/11.

 

1 year Horn of Africa Command, just north of Somalia....

Over a year, Al Abnar province Iraq.....


Not to lessen their pain but... Haiti ant crap. (And I say that as my unit preps to deploy to Port o Prince.)

 

So many people don't realize just how bad it is in some many places worldwide...

What we would consider as 'civilized' or as 'livable' conditions simply do not exist in huge areas around the world...places where death and dying by the hands of others are normal, everyday occurrences...where sanitary water, and toilets are a luxury...where many children don't make it past the age of two because of non-existant neo-natal care, and a shortage of general practitioners... where 100 or more children to a classroom is normal and the class room is a room with no glass in the windows, or...no room at all.

DrS, and I, and many of the people on this board have been to a number of those places... and I can't speak for them, but for myself, I have a much greater appreciation for the comforts of my home, my family, and the high standard of living I enjoy.

My heart goes out to those displaced and suffering in Haiti. I hope there's a positive global response to the situation...

Mike in Kuwait

 

Prayers go out to everyone in haiti.

 

Whats killing me is the roving rape gangs we are now getting reports of....

When we were asked to come up with our initial Basic Order of Materials (BOM) I only put down soft vests and m9s and combat knives. I just had to re do it to add hard plates and m4s. I also ordered 15 shotguns. (sigh)

 

Thank you

Doc, please... be safe, stay smart...

 

I did a job in Haiti several years ago with a local contractor. I never went to the project myself but had two employees there for a couple weeks. They told me that there is no impoverished person living in the US that has any idea what real poverty is. The day they checked into the hotel there was a dead body in the parking lot. The third day they called the authorities. A few days later somebody removed the clothing and placed a sign on a stick stuck in the bodies rectum. The day before they left for the US somebody came by and poured gasoline on the body and set it on fire.

 

Oh, its more fundamental than that. What's the point of neo-natal care or GPs when sewage runs down the street and water wells are contaminated and the population can't even self organize to help themselves.

Face it, we'll be in Haiti for awhile again, and then return for the next disaster. Most likely a hurricane. Haiti has been a failed state for a long time. There isn't enough money in a of Christendom to fix that crap-hole.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100119/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1063

 

They can't be doing that bad - since people are well enough to loot & rape each other.