Sunday, January 17, 2010
UN chief urges Haiti aid patienceWhat else could he say? The antonym of patience is impatience, but that is not what Haitians are feeling.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to frustrated Haitians to be patient over efforts to bring them relief from last Tuesday's earthquake.
Aid workers say relief efforts are being slowed by bottlenecks, but food and water are finally reaching some parts of the capital Port-au-Prince.
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
The similarities to Katrina and this disaster are eerily similar. Not sure if this is a just an American "can't get shit done" syndrome, or a "black thing."
It's different. The response is there but the weak national government & physical infrastructure collapsed. With New Orleans, it was response. Roads were open, there was warning the levees were breaking, National Guard was ready to roll.
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