Haiti - Certain Realities (and Fantasies) Emerge

Lawrence Auster has posted a blog article by Melanie Phillips on the disaster in Haiti. Here are some excerpts:

The unfolding mega-disaster in Haiti has exposed in the most sickening form the utter uselessness of the UN. Of course, it must be acknowledged that the UN is itself one of the victims of this tragedy, with more than 100 of its staff said to have been killed in the earthquake and its aftermath. And yes, the wholesale destruction of Haiti's already fragile infrastructure means that the difficulties in getting supplies to the people are exceptional.

Nevertheless, the key problem appears to be a total absence of leadership, so that no-one is taking control of the situation. Haiti's own government is unable to do this; until yesterday, America was taking a back seat waiting upon the UN to do the business. But the UN has conspicuously failed to do so. As a result, while the countries of the developed world have been pouring in aid and supplies, this has been piling up while the people of Haiti are dying from injury, disease and lack of water. And now that the US has finally lost patience and piled in troops to deliver supplies to the people, there are predictable cries from the French--and doubtless other knee-jerk America-bashers--that America is 'occupying' Haiti. Such is the derangement of the anti-America obsession. (...)

In Haiti, however, there has been one foreign nation that has conspicuously broken free of this paralysis and has had no difficulty in setting up emergency aid for the Haitian victims. That country is Israel. Within hours of the earthquake striking, the Israeli media was reporting that Israel was assembling a team of no fewer than 220 emergency aid personnel to fly to the stricken country. (...)

There follows an interesting discussion on how we can sometimes help people in the wrong way and do them in, and do ourselves in at the same time.

You can view a must-see video on the Israeli presence in Haiti and the harrowing desperation of the victims who survived (only to find themselves dying for lack of aid in a hospital), at Covenant Zone, where both Charles Henry and Truepeers have articles on Haiti. Note that some of the radio clips Charles posted may not be available. Possibly you can try later (or maybe it's my computer)

To access all of CZ's articles on Haiti, click the label at the end of the post.

While you are at CZ, check out the entire homepage - there are many articles of interest on Geert Wilders, and Ezra Levant.

For my part, I came upon this brief post at a Belgian website. It was also linked at Ethnocide, a site devoted to preserving the ethnic identities of white Europeans.

Excerpt from an article by Belgian-Congolese journalist Albert Kisonga Mazakala:

"Haiti was the first black country, if not the only black country, to be liberated from the chains of slavery thanks to the military genius of its leader Toussaint Louverture, 219 years ago. And yet, far from allowing the development of their country, the freedom of the Haitians has served no purpose, one could say, except to give birth to tyrannical regimes able only to impoverish their people and increase the wealth of the leaders. The situation in Haiti is in every way comparable to that of most black African countries, including, obviously, in terms of its racial make-up. Hence, the painful question that everyone is asking in a whisper but which everyone is thinking: could it be that blacks are incompetent? To dare ask the question publicly will probably earn me the remonstrances of many of my black brothers, considering the extreme sensitivity that we generally display. But in truth, we realize, after a half-century of independence of African nations, how accurate the maxim of Leopold Senghor was when he said: 'Emotion is Negro, Reason is Greek.'"

I think Senghor made a very wise statement. Without in any way denigrating or belittling black people he did point out that there are major differences between peoples, and far from being a cause for international witch hunts against those that point out such truths, it is simply a statement of a reality. It is this reality of our differences that makes life diverse and fascinating. We complement each other; we are not the same.

On the uselessness of the UN and the predictable but pointless recriminations of the French, Rue 89 is not too far from the analysis of Melanie Phillips:

(...) Nature abhors a void. The United States filled the emptiness (left by the U.N.) and in particular took control of the airport, the umbilical cord for vital aid to the victims. But all it took was one French airplane forced by American air traffic controllers to turn back to the Dominican Republic for recriminations to be heard, as well as accusations of "re-colonization" of the island. (...)

This American activism, backed by considerable means and a considerable media coverage, is viewed badly in Paris. First, because Nicolas Sarkozy is irritated by anything relating to the American president, and also because France, by reason of her history and Francophone concerns, feels that a position of French leadership is legitimate. Not only is France just one aid provider among others, but her planes are at the mercy of Yankee air control! (...)

This affair is but one sign of the absence of legitimate organization of international coordination in times of crisis. The United Nations have been de-legitimized, emptied out of their means, and can no longer fulfill this mission. The U.N. is nonetheless the only organization that could play this role.

The European Union is once again "not at home", as we are tempted to say, even if the 27 countries promised 200 million euros for Haiti. You can dream about an E.U. ready with the collective means to intervene "American style" in an urgent situation such as this one, but it doesn't look as if it will be for a long while, given the shambles of the new institutions that are already in competition with the rotating national presidencies: in this case it is Spain.

The "battle for reconstruction" is very likely to encounter the same free-for-all. Nicolas Sarkozy, in his eternal posturing as planetary savior, was the first to introduce the idea of an international conference for the reconstruction of Haiti. But it will take place in Canada, which is closer and more implicated...

The readers' comments are largely, though not exclusively, against America, perceived as throwing its weight around and seeking to dominate everything. One reader taking a completely different approach, says that you cannot compare the two countries (France and the U.S.) in terms of size and capacities, only to find himself accused by another reader of being a "cynic". But the most striking accusation against America is from a reader who cites Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. He claims that both leftist leaders state "clearly that it is a pre-planned military occupation." The reader provides a link, but I must admit I have not read it...

However, a quick web search indicates that the Left in general believes we were behind the quake. Here is a video that many of you have probably seen, in which we learn that Chavez accuses the U.S. of employing tectonic weapons capable of inducing earthquakes and other disasters usually thought-of as "natural". This accusation is also a warning to the world that we intend to use tectonic weapons on Iran.



The tectonic weapon in question is called HAARP (High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program). Those interested can view this complacent English-language video at YouTube, where there are other videos that speculate on HAARP. Draw your own conclusions. To me, this is anti-American paranoia, but of course, I am prejudiced...

There is also an article (written from a left-wing perspective) at Online Journal that discusses many of these HAARP issues.

One last thought: how ironic that the two greatest promoters of the anti-racism doctrine, the United Nations and the European Union, were helpless when it came to actually putting their money where their mouth usually is. It was still up to those countries with a semblance of sovereignty and national pride, countries often accused of racism by the anti-racist zealots, to rush to the aid of the devastated island. Will this be the end of the U.N.? Could the horror in Haiti have at least one positive outcome?

Photo above of an overloaded ferry leaving Port-au-Prince from CNN. As is the heart-breaking photo below of a music book found in the rubble of Jacmel. Read about what happened in Jacmel here.