The day’s afther, help them to create an normal world to live in, not an world where woman don’t know who the father is from their children, the children are like an trow away article, plus they are so called beleefers in the Katholic religion, every where their are houses for not wished for children it looks to me as I kind of small industrie, of finding and selling children, but who am I to criticize human behavior, it was just a question put to my self.

Maani: Peace to you too, brother vet.

lichen:

What?

How disgusting that the US and UN can only think about criminalizing the victims, and sending the war-criminal nato and us troops into Haiti to murder Haitian citizens.

Gerard:

I did note that it was not my intention to be callous, and that no matter what the numbers were, it was devastating.

That said, I disagree with what seems to be a knee-jerk reaction to the Clinton-Bush assignment.  If you will remember, when W was prez, he assigned his dad and Clinton to head up fundraising and morale efforts after the tsunami in Indonesia.  And it was due largely (though of course not solely) to their efforts that tens of millions of dollars were donated and made a difference.  Was that “political mileage” as well?  I think not.

Peace.

rfidler:

Nah.  I’m a veteran.  And I was sort of cracking wise here…LOL.  Still, this is a more egregious and obvious example than usual of TD simply following the (incorrect) MSM claims…

Peace.

You know deep down, in a case like this—total destuction due to a double-whammy 7 point earthquake, numbers of injured and dead will be huge—especially due to the fact that the infrastructure of all poor countries is weak and the political system is ill equipped to help itself.
So why simply criticize TD on the basis of numbers, which are unknown anyway, no matter who says what?
Is there nothing more sympathetic and understanding than that to say?  These people are undergoing extreme suffering and loss due to no fault of their own, yet what we hear from Amy Goodman on site today reports on cooperation and dignity, not “civil unrest and riots.”
  And the assininity of Obama sending in the Clinton-Bush “team”—just too much!  Exploiting such a situation for possible political mileage by making a show of “cooperation of both parties” or “united we stand” or some such bi-partisan twaddle!  Unbearably hypocritical! And on top of that, military units to patrol the streets!
  The entire shape of US-UN “aid” has been tilted toward a political show of anything but humanitarian aid.  Can’t the U.S. ever let down its fearful posturing and simply react humanely?

Maani:

You must be new to truthdig.

Since when does TruthDig simply regurgitate the MSM?  That “250,000” dead figure has absolutely no basis in fact: indeed, it is even a greater exaggeration than the “200,000” figure given on one of the MSM morning news shows today.

The U.N. personnel on the ground estimate 50,000 to 100,000, and that number has not changed.  Yes, they could be off, and may well be.  But figures like “200,000” and “250,000” are insupportable by any info or data thus far obtained.

Obviously, even 50,000 to 100,000 is devastating, and I am not trying to be callous: I feel for the Haitians and am doing what I can as an individual.  But I am shocked to see TD tagging along with the MSM rather than doing its own research.