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2010-03-08 Caribbean-Latin America

American troops withdrawing en masse from Haiti

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Posted by ed 2010-03-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 Stay Golden by Au Revoir Simone

An orderly transition from the country is the best recourse, Haiti is for Haitians. It ain't New Orleans.

Posted by Zenobia Snomble4749 2010-03-08 02:23|| 2010-03-08 02:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe the Democracts and Hollywood types figure that all the good photo ops have been used up.

Posted by Secret Master 2010-03-08 04:45|| 2010-03-08 04:45|| Front Page Top

#3 ...even as the city is still mired in misery and vulnerable to unrest.

And it wasn't before the most recent earthquake? /rhet question

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-03-08 06:39|| 2010-03-08 06:39|| Front Page Top

#4 As troops packed their duffels and began to fly home this weekend, Haitians and some aid workers wondered whether U.N. peacekeepers and local police are up to the task of maintaining order.

Yeah..."wondering".

Posted by tu3031 2010-03-08 09:51|| 2010-03-08 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 they don't want the troops they want the money or as some call it now humanitarian aid

Posted by chris 2010-03-08 11:21|| 2010-03-08 11:21|| Front Page Top

#6 The US Troops went in, did a very good job (despite criticism) and now rightfully go Home.

Let the rest of the world do theirs.

The rest: 196 countries, 192 in the UN

Posted by Willy 2010-03-08 12:59|| 2010-03-08 12:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Check out the history on Haiti : the only time in the past hundred years that the country was worth a damn was during the State Department occupation period. Most of the schools, roads, bridges, and hospitals in the country were built then BY US Marines and State Dept. hires.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-03-08 18:39|| 2010-03-08 18:39|| Front Page Top

#8 "Haitians and some aid workers wondered whether U.N. peacekeepers and local police are up to the task of maintaining order"

You can quit wondering - they ain't.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-03-08 19:22|| 2010-03-08 19:22|| Front Page Top

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