Posted on 01/16/2010 3:11:16 PM PST by jimbo123
In the last week, we have been deeply moved by the heartbreaking images of the devastation in Haiti: parents searching through rubble for sons and daughters; children, frightened and alone, looking for their mothers and fathers. At this moment, entire parts of Port-au-Prince are in ruins, as families seek shelter in makeshift camps. It is a horrific scene of shattered lives in a poor nation that has already suffered so much.
In response, I have ordered a swift, coordinated, and aggressive effort to save lives in Haiti. We have launched one of the largest relief efforts in recent history. I have instructed the leaders of all agencies to make our response a top priority across the federal government. We are mobilizing every element of our national capacity: the resources of development agencies, the strength of our armed forces, and most important, the compassion of the American people. And we are working closely with the Haitian government, the United Nations, and the many international partners who are also aiding in this extraordinary effort.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
I must have missed his Newsweek cover article on “Why Terrorism Matters” after the Christmas holiday...
He then will insist that the USA will have to take up to a million refugees as legal immigrants to the USA.
And Obama will count their votes for himself.
Yes, you see, Haiti matters.
Why is “Fearless Leader” contributing to a, nominally, for profit magazine?
LOL!!!
Does Obama now admit that we are a great and giving country that the rest of the world admires and needs?
obami, the POS, is sending my tax dollars to Haiti, that’s enough from me because I am part the 55% who PAY taxes in this country. Let the other 45% who pay NO taxes send their money. That seems fair to me.
Who said Haiti doesn’t matter?
But who wrote the article?
I notice he uses the word ‘we’ in this almost as many times as he usually uses ‘I.’ Sounds like ‘we’ are being set up to take the blame if something goes wrong.
Obama’s use of “we” and “they” is often very telling. Palestinians - we. Israelis - they. Haitians - we. I’ve been waiting for this simpleminded “tell” of his to be applied to us Americans. If it’s happened, I’ve missed it. I suspect I know how he’ll blurt, when the time comes.
The deaths of the soldiers who were gunned down at Fort Hood was pretty heartbreaking too obama. Any shout outs for the Hatians?
“. . .whether it was rebuilding our former adversaries after World War II, dropping food and water to the people of Berlin, . . ..”
I don’t believe we just “dropped food and water.” Some military guys on the ground told the Russians and our spy-ridden State Department to ****-off, kept control of 1/2
of Berlin and arranged for the airport to remain open by strentgh of arms.
Thank goodness.
Oldplayer
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