Helping Haiti, for a Price

Posted by Maria on Feb 19, 2010 at 5:56 PM

Hi Maria , just wanted to drop you a line….I will comment on this article next week….Bye now and take care…...This is the so-called ” SHOCK DOCTRINE ” in effect…...

Blackhorse…........

Posted by blackhorse on Feb 26, 2010 at 2:50 PM

May I suggest the author become part of the solution and simply volunteer to provide security :-)

Seriously, unless there is coercion to hire these private contractors I see nothing wrong here.

If we sent troops to do the job they would be accuse of the kind of operation from the 1920s and 1930s when the US Marines were sent to central and South America to protect US corporations.

It is to be expected that looting would be a problem, is it not?

Posted by whattheheck on Feb 28, 2010 at 1:59 PM

The problem WTH is that you don’t use a hammer to drive a screw ; wrong tools for the right job…

Why would a company like Blackwater , who has been intimately involved in the genocide in Iraq , be interested in “SAVING ” Haiti from itself…Blackwater and all of these other military contractors are not in Haiti for the good they can do , they are there as ’ disaster capitalist “....

Additionally the money they make from these endeavors , is your money , tax dollars that could be spent on little things such as ” job developement programs ” for your neighbors and friends….

Humanitarian assistance should not include para-military deployments , which is exactly what this is…Thats whats wrong with this….And frankly WTH , this is the same type of operation that occured in the past , the only difference is that private para-military contractor are being used instead of so-called conventional troops ; no difference….

WTH , if we follow your logic , Blackwater can come into your community when there is a major disaster , under the assumption that your local and state police force cannot handle security…Always with the leverage that if you don’t allow them in , you may have more problems than you already have…

To this ’ horse , that sound like some kinda ” protection rackeet “....Ya know the speel , ” pay me for protection or you might have a even bigger accident “.....

Have a great day WTH , Blackhorse out…............

Posted by blackhorse on Mar 2, 2010 at 2:59 PM

What’s wrong with hiring for more security, its a need I don’t really see the big deal

Posted by Ben Jackson on Mar 2, 2010 at 9:59 PM

For one thing Ben , you the tax payer are paying for it…....

Two , it’s not needed , it’s part of the US policy called ” shock doctrine “..........

Profiting militarially off of the misery of others….......

Posted by blackhorse on Mar 3, 2010 at 6:20 AM

Blackhorse,

“Why would a company like Blackwater , who has been intimately involved in the genocide in Iraq , be interested in

Posted by whattheheck on Mar 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM