--Joanne
At 08:27 PM 1/23/2010 -0800, you wrote:
>Joanne L. writes
>
>"A different manifestation of this kind of thing appears in the portrayal
>of Haitians as constituting an unruly mob amidst "anarchy" and "chaos."
>This has been reflected in a shameful US policy of giving preference to
>the military over relief (food and medicine) on the assumption that the
>military is needed to keep order."
>
>I don't think the military are there to keep the Haitians from being an
>unruly mob. I think they are there to keep them from being a ruly mob.
>...To keep them from organizing themselves and proving to themselves and
>to others that they don't need soldiers or a comprador govt to survive and
>prevail. The soldiers are there to make sure that Haiti gets rebuilt as a
>garment sweatshop....or whatever the ruling elites think Haiti needs to
>be. The soldiers might be there because it's hailing distance from Cuba.
>
>There is an avalanche of money and resources pouring into Haiti; the
>soldiers are there to make sure it does not go to the wrong people and
>that it is not used to build a new and different Haiti.
>
>Joanna
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