Comments on Advance Indiana™: Indiana Task Force One Told Services Not Needed In Haiti

It is obvious that Obama is making it clear that t...

2010-01-19T20:33:39.512-05:00

It is obvious that Obama is making it clear that treating Haitian victims of the earthquake is not a US priority, security is. The rescue efforts in Haiti are being held hostage by a US national security establishment. The Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network is pleading with us citizens to call the White House and Congress with our concerns about this policy. Its website is www.margueritelaurent.com/

Curiously, there doesn't seem to be any reluct...

2010-01-19T16:27:41.545-05:00

Curiously, there doesn't seem to be any reluctance/restriction to sending reporters down there. I almost get the feeling there are more of them than there are rescue workers.

Poor Haiti.

2010-01-19T15:23:27.530-05:00

Poor Haiti.

I agree Artfuggins. Apparently, politics trumps t...

2010-01-19T11:55:55.690-05:00

I agree Artfuggins. Apparently, politics trumps that. Remember Katrina aid trucks being held back? Sad.

Patroit Paul, I didn't realize that the purpo...

2010-01-19T11:02:50.223-05:00

Patroit Paul, I didn't realize that the purpose of providing aid was to see who could receive the most praise. I was under the impression that it was to save lives.

My understanding is that France and other countrie...

2010-01-19T07:55:53.927-05:00

My understanding is that France and other countries were standing in line for their turn in a logistical nightmare of offering various services. We did similiar things in WW II when we 'allowed' other allies first dibs into certain battlefields to claim their share of the credit, honor, or glory. These politics will always exist even in disasters.

This outrageous decision by the Obama administrati...

2010-01-19T03:02:27.651-05:00

This outrageous decision by the Obama administration to refuse to allow Indiana Task Force One into Haiti to help the desperate trapped Haitians, is just one more example of why experienced disappointed independent journalists, are calling Obama's term in office, the third of George Bush's.

Wilson, In case you hadn't noticed, the Haitia...

2010-01-18T23:46:45.710-05:00

Wilson, In case you hadn't noticed, the Haitian government was essentially wiped out by the earthquake. The problems Task Force One encountered are with our own federal response to assist Haiti. Yes, that's the Obama administration's responsibility.

So they'll head home, get called up as soon as...

2010-01-18T22:57:54.933-05:00

So they'll head home, get called up as soon as they return, then redeploy. Now, who picks up the tab for all that wasted manpower and fuel cost?

Are you really comparing George Bush's FEMA to...

2010-01-18T22:56:05.992-05:00

Are you really comparing George Bush's FEMA to the Haitian government, a 3rd world dysfunctional entity?

No wonder "Katrina" is such a codeword for Republican incompetence!