…even as food-aid workers enjoyed their most successful day since the Jan. 12 earthquake, the increasingly prominent role of U.S. troops and civilians in the capital is creating high expectations that the Obama administration is struggling to contain.
The needs are extraordinary, and the common refrain is that the Americans will provide.
“I want the Americans to take over the country. The Haitian government can’t do anything for us,” said Jean-Louis Geffrard, a laborer who lives under a tarp in the crowded square. “When we tell the government we’re hungry, the government says, “We’re hungry, too. “
via As food distribution improves, Haitians want U.S to ‘take over’ – washingtonpost.com.
I suggest that we evacuate every last person in Haiti to, say, South Florida, and then let the Army Corps of Engineers demolish and rebuild the entire country. Think of it as “terraforming” an unearthly environment; like Antarctica or Mars, but with toxic waste and malaria.
As monstrously expensive as that would be, it would probably be cheaper than the piecemeal approach we have now, which includes annually sending Haiti more foreign aid per capita than any other country in the world, including Israel and South Korea.
Such a project could also be used as a dumping ground for all the socialists and technocrats in the Obama administration and Congress who are currently looking to radically reform this country. Trouble is, America works just fine and they are making things worse, so let’s send them to Haiti where they can’t do any more damage than what is already there.
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