30,000 soldiers Afghan surge will be rerouted to Haiti?

[Dunedain]

Haiti has basically no resources. What "favors" could they possibly offer us?

Haiti was considered the Jewel of The Caribbean, and was the richest colony in the entire world when the French controlled it. Richer than any of the American colonies at the time. The whole reason the French wanted Haiti was because of it's natural resources. They exported more sugar than anywhere in the world.

Now it's a seething mess...and not because of the earthquake. But you are correct, we certainly don't want or need Haitian "relief" workers assisting us should we have another natural disaster.

 

[MelissaWV]

I guess they should make a brief detour to Venezuela if it's needed, too? (Yes I know 5.7 is not exactly a game-changer.)

It's funny. On a normal news cycle this would be news. In fact, coupled with the Haiti incident this SHOULD be news... but I had to dig to find it at all.

An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck eastern Venezuela on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The quake's epicenter was about 25 miles from Carupano, near the Caribbean coast in northeastern Venezuela, the agency said. It was 7 miles deep.

The geological survey revised its estimates after initially reporting the quake as having a 5.7 magnitude and an epicenter slightly closer to Carupano. The revised location is about 235 miles east of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Given this:

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries

it would receive barely a mention.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck eastern Venezuela on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

It was only most of the business TV stations today...

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Watch the BBC feed and see the sporadic Riots/Looting, Pillaging, going on via their video feeds.

If it's wasn't for the UN and US troops there now... it would turn into an all out FREE FOR ALL rioting.

 

[andrewh817]

There really is no such thing as government humanitarianism. It's always tied to certain favors or promises.

Thank you. People underestimate how often the government flat-out lies. There's major civil unrest there right now, they wouldn't put armed forces there if it were peaceful....