An Extraordinary US Embarrassment

An extraordinary denunciation of the Obama administration’s conduct in Haiti was published in the Wall Street Journal, issued by three New York City doctors, Soumitra R. Eachempati, incoming president of the New York State Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, and Dean Lorich and David Helfet, orthopedic surgeons and colleagues of Dr. Eachempati at the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.

Their statement appeared under the headline, “Haiti: Obama’s Katrina, Many post-quake deaths could have been prevented.” The three doctors, who were among the first to reach Haiti after the quake, wrote that the delays imposed by the US military on relief groups entering the county “proved tragic. Upon our arrival at the Haiti Community Hospital we found scores of patients with pus dripping out of open fractures and crush injuries. Some wounds were already infested with maggots. Approximately one-third of the victims were children. Most of the patients already had life-threatening infections, and all were dehydrated. Many had been waiting in the hospital compound for days without water, antibiotics or even pain medicine. The hospital smelled of infected, rotting limbs.”

They continued: “The U.S. response to the earthquake should be considered an embarrassment. Our operation received virtually no support from any branch of the US government, including the State Department. As we ran out of various supplies we had no means to acquire more…. Later, as we were leaving Haiti, we were appalled to see warehouse-size quantities of unused medicines, food and other supplies at the airport, surrounded by hundreds of US and international soldiers standing around aimlessly.”

Nothing new here. This is how the US operates.

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Comment by Jeff on January 29, 2010 at 11:37pm
Oil, and gold, and silver, and a transit point and storage facility for the movement of oil as well. Also Disney clothing is made there and so is everything baseball, that is mitts, balls, bats and clothing. It's an American Taiwan. Cheap labor. Check your kids PJs. If they're Disney PJs that's where they're made. Disney shirts, Disney stuffed animals, everything Disney through a licensing agreement.
Comment by Mike the Watchman on January 29, 2010 at 11:08pm
I guess some Bilderberg wanted some new beach front Caribbean property. Or it could be that newly discovered oil reserve.
Comment by Jeff on January 29, 2010 at 9:08pm
That's the plan...

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