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I quite frequently disagree with [livejournal.com profile] bradhicks' posts, but this one on Haïti is excellent. It's US-centric and doesn't go into what we did to Aristide but it's a very good summary and you should read it.

Most of you have probably heard, but Médecins Sans Frontières' plane with a hospital and staff has been blocked from landing in Port-au-Prince. The U.S. Army has taken over the airfields and is prioritizing getting soldiers in and foreigners out. Quelle surprise, le plus ça change, and so on. Anyone know if Blackwater Xe Services LLC is there yet? I made a joke a few days ago about how Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine was not a How-To guide, but I didn't expect the fallout from the earthquake to be quite so textbook.

Date: 2010-01-18 02:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seaya.livejournal.com
Actually it did land (the 10 am one), and a second one was on its way at 3 pm.

@blogdiva on twitter has been retweeting a lot of this info.

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