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Haiti - a case for charity?

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Quote by BrightonGeezer
That's the good old USA for you, not the people the govt. They screwed us after WW2 and have screwed umpteen other countries since. With us they just waited till we had borrowed all their old War 1 hardware before entering WW2 then crippled us with the repayments. Of course nowadays they are naming sure that all other nations conform to world democracy (capitalist greed), Haiti will recove but will end up firmly on America's back pocket.

Trouble is the alternative is to starve....I know which one I would take.
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Quote by kentswingers777
That's the good old USA for you, not the people the govt. They screwed us after WW2 and have screwed umpteen other countries since. With us they just waited till we had borrowed all their old War 1 hardware before entering WW2 then crippled us with the repayments. Of course nowadays they are naming sure that all other nations conform to world democracy (capitalist greed), Haiti will recove but will end up firmly on America's back pocket.

Trouble is the alternative is to starve....I know which one I would take.
Good point from BG about the WWII debts, it's easy to forget that the US only came into that conflict because the Japs attacked Pearl Harbour! Yes, KS777 has another good point, even though over emphasized, we are now too dependant on the US, but the trick is to gradually distance ourselves from them and concentrate more on Europe, China and elsewhere and not be too quick to change things - gradually does it.
Reverting to Haiti, it's already too late to have much influence, just take things as they develop and do our best for those desparate people.
Plim :sad: