chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
Thank you Turtle for your "inside" info...it certainly shines a better light on the issue....
No American Flag Can Fly over our Compound in..
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What's happening in Haiti is very sad for the Haitian people. Does anyone else remember, in the week following the earthquake, human corpses were being carted away in dump trucks to a makeshift landfill? Uncerimoniously dumped like trash. This went on for days on end. People disappeared. Whole families disappeared.
For all practical intent, Haiti is and will now continue to be a ward of the United Nations. Haiti was primitive before the earthquake. It would take an effort on the scale of the Marshall Plan to pull this country out of despair. I would submit Haitians of the 1700's and 1800's lived better and more meaningful lives than contemporary Haitians.
For all practical intent, Haiti is and will now continue to be a ward of the United Nations. Haiti was primitive before the earthquake. It would take an effort on the scale of the Marshall Plan to pull this country out of despair. I would submit Haitians of the 1700's and 1800's lived better and more meaningful lives than contemporary Haitians.
Some might not remember that it was back in the early 90's when there was a coup there, and 2 or 3 years later under Bill Clinton the US military went in and restored Aristide back in power. And when there was another coup in 2004 (I think) it was a US military jet that scooted him out of the country. The memories of US military intervention are fresh in the minds of the Hatians, which might explain their reluctance to have the US Flag being flown in a "This is ours!" fashion.
The current Haitian government is in place and backed by UN with a UN peacekeeping force (one of my favorite oxymorons). So, the country, in every sense that matters, belongs to the UN. It's their country, it's their show.
Just so you know, bodies are still being hauled off in dump trucks. Not as many as before, but several trucks per day. Initially and in the week or two after the quake, 130,000 people died. Now it's more than twice that, as people continue to die in staggering numbers. Existing infrastructure was utterly destroyed with very few buildings surviving habitability. The entire country, which is the poorest country in the Americas, will have to be rebuilt from the ground up. And it's about the same size as Maryland.
The current Haitian government is in place and backed by UN with a UN peacekeeping force (one of my favorite oxymorons). So, the country, in every sense that matters, belongs to the UN. It's their country, it's their show.
Just so you know, bodies are still being hauled off in dump trucks. Not as many as before, but several trucks per day. Initially and in the week or two after the quake, 130,000 people died. Now it's more than twice that, as people continue to die in staggering numbers. Existing infrastructure was utterly destroyed with very few buildings surviving habitability. The entire country, which is the poorest country in the Americas, will have to be rebuilt from the ground up. And it's about the same size as Maryland.
How would you feel if your neighbor was flying the flag of Berzerkistan? Okay you probably don't have any neighbors from Berzerkistan. Can you even see your neighbors? What if the Elbonian flag was flying over your airport instead of the "stars and stripes"? You probably don't have an airport. Well what if the flag of Mootonia was at half staff in front of your post office? Do you have a post office? Never mind. This is much ado about nothing.
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Thank you Leo. My German is a bit rusty. I sure hope I didn't offend any innocent young potential expediters.
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jujubeans
OVM Project Manager
heh heh...do we have an airport? do WE have an airport?
Oh lordy yes ...my airport is bigger than YOUR airport.
RLENT
Veteran Expediter
Good grief .... here we go .... Bison Flats vs. Raccoon Holler .....