Should we (non-americans) acknowledge what the USA is doing in Haiti ?
We now have a compassionate and intelligent President in Obama, and so our response time is far better than was true with his predecessor. However, the United States is not acting alone in Haiti even though they are now coordinating the rescue effort. Other nations have hopped on board to assist the impoverished and devastated nation as well. Out of Haiti’s 9 million people, some news estimates have set the figures for those severely injured or lost at one-third of the tiny nation’s population. Many of the displaced and injured are severely dehydrated with no access to drinking water and no shelter from the 80 degree heat, which puts their lives at risk, according to Dr. Sanje Kupta of CNN who is in Haiti assisting in a makeshift hospital. One Red Cross worker was quoted as saying that “blood is running like water into the gutters” from the dead and injured lying on the streets or sidewalks, and soon the dead bodies will become yet another hazard for the health of those remaining alive
