What if the US would have such a catastrophic event, would Haiti donate anything to America? Did Haiti donate anything to their “black brothers” in New Orleans during the Katrina disaster? Is America a piggy bank available for all hands in this world? It seems that it is. Obama just promised to send $100 million out of your money, the taxpayers money to Haiti, while ignoring the problems at home, while ignoring that the the unemployment rate almost reached 20% in America and that America is in the deepest financial crises it has ever met.
US President Barack Obama announced Thursday that the United States is providing an initial 100 million dollars in aid to Haiti as military and civilian rescue teams arrived to search for survivors of the massive earthquake. Obama called the quake that struck Tuesday in Haiti “nothing less than devastating” and instructed all departments of the US government to make the rescue effort a top priority.
“One of the largest relief efforts in our recent history is moving towards Haiti,” Obama said in a speech at the White House. The 100 million dollars will help pay for the rescue effort as well as provide food, water and medicine, Obama said.
“This investment will grow over the coming year as we embark on the long-term recovery from this unimaginable tragedy,” Obama said.
The scale of devastation remained unclear, but Haitian officials spoke of up to 100,000 dead from the 7 magnitude earthquake, which wrecked the capital, Port-au-Prince, home to 1.9 million people.
To the people of Haiti, Obama said: “You will not be forsaken. You will not be forgotten.”
An initial force of 100 soldiers from the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, had already arrived in Haiti to set up camp for an additional 700 soldiers who could arrive in the next few days, Miami-based US Southern Command said.
A Fort Bragg spokesman said it was “fully possible” the Pentagon will summon the entire brigade, which consists of 3,500 soldiers.
The US Navy was also en route to Haiti. The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, carrying an array of helicopters, was picking up supplies and heading to the vicinity, expected to arrive offshore early Friday. A Marine unit of 2,200 on three amphibious ships led by the USS Bataan was preparing to deploy. The Pentagon said the Marines could be sent in if the security environment deteriorates.
The USNS Comfort, a hospital ship, is set to arrive off Haiti January 22.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that a text messaging system set up by the State Department for individuals to donate 10 dollars through the Red Cross has raised 3 million dollars so far.
Several US states have sent search and rescue teams to help pull survivors from the rubble.
Meanwhile, Obama has asked former presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush to help US efforts and raise money to provide relief to Haiti, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
“Both of them have agreed to take part in this,” Gibbs said.
A source close to Bush confirmed that the 43rd president was willing to partner with Clinton.
While in office, Bush tapped Clinton, along with his own father, former president George Bush, to help raise money after the 2004 tsunami that struck South-East Asia.
Obama has asked his two predecessors “to come together in an effort similar to the one that was done for the tsunami,” Gibbs said.
Clinton has been serving as the special UN envoy for Haiti.
US transportation authorities grounded all Haiti-bound airline flights amid a massive backlog at the Port-au-Prince airport, which became the focal point Thursday of relief deliveries underway after the massive earthquake.
The Haitian government has said it is currently not accepting any more flights into its airspace, forcing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ground all flights in the United States, a US government official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
RELATED ARTICLES
- Michelle Obama's Ex-Boyfriend Says 'She Is Actually a Man Named Michael Robinson'
- Barack Obama Orders Govt’s to Prepare Public for Imminent Depopulation Event
- Barack Obama’s Connection to Pizzagate Exposed in New Epstein Docs
- Judge Who Ordered FBI Raid Exposed as Obama Donor Who Vowed to 'Destroy Trump'
- Former White House Physician Demands Dementia riddled Biden to Resign before he destroys USA
Loading ...
Um you people are complaining about $100 million?!?! That is CHUMP CHANGE to our government. The Wallstreet bailout was just shy of $1 trillion!! So if my calculations are correct, that amounts to roughly 1/10,000 in comparison. I think we can spare that amount of money to help out the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere after the biggest disaster it has ever seen. Members of the EU have collectively donated over $600 million to the relief effort, and many EU nations are way more strapped for cash than the US government. If anything, us in America should be giving more! Have some damn compassion…
This will cost billions in the end if there is an end. This will be long term. USA has to jump in and rebuild while our own streets fall apart. Families have a rough time here. We need help. We should help but not take it over. Other countries are smart. They donate some and kick back and watch the USA try to save the world, Please!
Is Obama going to do this every time there’s an earthquake somewhere? :roll:
Screw Obama! He is not fit to be president in my opinion. the U.S economy has tanked and we are giving 100 million? Come on, where do you think this is coming from? It is coming from our pockets! Yes, we will be paying for this. I’m not against helping out in Haiti, but 100 million; our own country needs help,and lots of it!
Yes, we will pay up. I do not agree with sending all this money. Our economy is broke! This money will also end up in the wrong hands.
with no disrespect towards haiti, and the tragedy they are faced with, i don’t believe that the usa should jump into the situation there as the biggest dog in the yard. we are falling apart in the us, with no jobs, no money, and very little light at the end of the tunnel, but, we are commiting ourselves not only to 100 million dollars, but, can you imagine the cost of the deployments that are in or on their way to haiti right now. how can we pay for all of this when we are in dire straights ourselves. i am not saying we should not help, we should, but, we should not, and cannot always be the country who does the most. perhaps, the united nations, needs to come together and pool it’s assets to cover the cost of such an undertaking, i know their are un forces in haiti, and they are involved in the operation, but, however, has the united nations had an emergency meeting, did they decide as a world organization, to commit what it will take for this tragedy? we just can afford to be the biggest contributor of aid.
I think Obama is being really stupid, he didn’t donate any money to New Orleans, so why should he donate money to Haiti… And we are in an economic crisis, so he need to think more about people getting jobs and the unemployment rate instead of some disastrious earthquake!!