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Caribbean-Latin America
Clinton arrives in utterly chaotic Haiti
2010-01-17
[Iran Press TV Latest] US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Haiti where she met with Haitian president Rene Preval and is assessing disaster recovery efforts.

She arrived in a Coast Guard C-130 transport carrying bottled water, packaged food, soap and other supplies.

Clinton is the highest-ranking US official to visit Haiti since the magnitude-7.0 quake struck the Caribbean nation on Tuesday. She held an hour-long meeting with President Rene Preval.

When Clinton leaves Haiti later, she will take with her a total of 50 American citizens back from Haiti.

Haiti is filled with fear and frustration as over three million people affected by a devastating earthquake struggle to survive. The International Committee of Red Cross, ICRC described the situation there as "utter chaos."
Posted by:Fred

#4  Too bad they didn't make her bungee cord too long.


Geronimo!!!..........................splat.
Posted by: AlanC   2010-01-17 14:05  

#3  I read the phrase "Clinton Bungeed In" it's highly accurate, there just long enough to stand in front of Cameras, then POOF Gone.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-01-17 13:40  

#2  A mag 7 earthquake may kill 200 people in LA and leave billions in property damage. A mag 7 earthquake in India may kill 10K, and a mag 7 earthquake in Haiti may kill 100 to 200K. This accident of nature does just not happen on the day of the earthquake. It happens years before when the society decides to or decides not to put a bunch of its resources into its infrastructure and buildings to resist the kind of destruction we see now. That is the commitment that has to be made by past generations toward the unborn future generations. It may not guarantee that you will not be buried under the rubble of some great disaster, but in the big picture of things, it sure betters your odds.

It requires long term thinking and commitment. Even in this country, we have ignored our unwritten covenant with future generations for our infrastructure at our peril.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-01-17 13:31  

#1  To demonstrate that the current chaos is far from maximum possible?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-01-17 02:23  

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