The reality is that where there are US Army and/or Marines, there is order, and thanks to US military logistics, there are supplies.
The Hatians see this. They aren’t used to seeing competence in action, and few things in this world are as competent as the battle-hardened US military. Even Obama hasn’t managed to degrade that in a mere year, albeit not for lack of trying.
As to the French, if you read between the lines, they do have a legit beef: Hillary’s flight (to be Zero’s presence there for the PR value) forced three hours of diversion of essential flights away from the Hatian capital on the third day after the earthquake. That included a French hospital flight that could have done some real good. I’m sure from their perspective, it looked like the US was putting political theater above real relief efforts. Sadly, with the obamanation in charge, they were correct. Even more sadly, the US military was acting under orders, so they had no choice but to execute their orders.
Unfortunately, we can’t afford to do another round of nation building right now. Even if we could, the obamanation would certainly screw it up. That means Hati will go back to being Hati, a corrupt African cesspool.
What a sad sad state of affairs all around...
Oops, I meant “Africa-like” cesspool (Hait being in the Caribian)...
Well said. (And we knew what you meant about Africa :)
It’s Haiti, Haitians, and Caribbean. Pedantry aside, I totally agree with everything in your post.