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Have you ever pondered the liberals’ hands-off, back-off strategy when it comes to ruthless dictators, tyranny and generally void-of-freedom nations?
“It’s not our business!” they insist. They spend their time talking down the “mean” and “evil” United States, lamenting that we are bullying all the other nations because of some superiority complex. (Or as Obama would say, we are “dismissive, dirrisive and arrogant.”)
Apparently, we – America – are not only mean-spirited, and the reason for Haiti’s standard of living (or lack thereof), we are the ones who should see to it that their standard of living is equal to ours. At least those are the ramblings of one Congresswoman, who turned the Haitian earthquake into an American failure.
Here’s Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) commenting on the tragedy:
Does she have no knowledge of the billions of dollars poured into Haiti in the past? Does she have no clue? (See the movie Black Hawk Down if you have no clue as to what I’m talking about.)
Wasserman-Schultz speaks as if we never acknowledged Haiti in the past, and suddenly, it is a shining example of yet another “American failure.”
Because in the liberal’s world, the United States is to blame for all that is wrong with the world – including natural disasters. Consider Obama’s usage of the word “cruel” when describing this disaster. Since when is an earthquake cruel? Since when does an earthquake possess human tendancies?
But I digress. Funny how if a dictator is involved, they want nothing to do with the fight. If an earthquake, hurricane or other disaster strikes, it’s our fault.
Don’t misunderstand me – I am not taking the stance that the Haitian people are on their own, and deserve no help from those capable of giving it. The truth of the matter is that the citizens of the United States of America are the most compassionate and giving on the face of the earth. I have no doubt that these same citizens will play a major role in the wake of this disaster.
But the problems that face the residents of Haiti will not go away when the latest earthquake is a distant horrid memory. I suspect that won’t be the case, however, for Wasserman-Schultz, who will have long since have found other ways to trash her country.
Just an observation…
Blackhawk Down is about Somalia, not Haiti. Perhaps this illustrates the problem: most people think Haiti is some far-off place, when it actually sits in America’s backyard. It is obscene that the most impoverished country in the western hemisphere rots away, while 600 miles to the northwest, the most prosperous nation in the history of civilization pleads ignorance to the plight of the Haitian people. When our country was wasting countless resources and lives invading Vietnam, Panama, Iraq, or Afghanistan, we could have been investing in our neighbors, such as Haiti.
Troy,
I think anyone with a semblance of knowledge where Haiti is concerned also knows the geographic closeness to the US. (Well, on second thought, many people can’t identify various states within the US).
As you may know, the US has given billions of dollars to Haiti over the years. They have been under some form of dictatorship for about 200 years, nevertheless. The money never reaches the people.
I am well aware that Black Hawk Down is about Somalia – I know some of the people who fought there. The US has given money to Somalia as well. To what end? It is the same story, different location. Because the events in Haiti are geographically close shouldn’t mean we pick our “battles” according to location.
The bottom line is that the compassion of people – not a government mandate – will see these people through this horrid tragedy. And with the state of our nation eroding at breakneck speed, perhaps this is a wake-up call for preparedness in our own back yard. Meanwhile, Americans will do what they always do – they will give until it hurts, because that is who we are.