The Associated Press reported that Haiti’s president handed out medals to celebrities, aid-group directors and politicians for post-earthquake work. Anderson Cooper of CNN was given one of those awards.
CNN and ABC both provided coverage of conditions in Haiti this week. David Ono, a KABC anchorman reported from Haiti as well. The reports were excellent but the stories were horrifying. Despite all the interviews with well meaning people the government of Haiti is a failure. There is no government in Haiti. The broadcasts from Port- Au-Prince show that most of the rubble is still there. It looks like the earthquake occurred yesterday.
I know Bill Clinton says things could be better than ever there. There is no evidence that his predictions will come true. Private aid groups do not have the power to change anything in Haiti. Only the slightest change in weather could mean death to thousands.
Since there are no natural resources in Haiti and the country holds no political sway in any industrialized nation, no other country will provide sufficient aid to end its further decline to mass starvation and death.
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