"Don't let a good crisis go to waste"

The elite have a saying "Don't let a good crisis go to waste". Those who seek rapid structural changes to countries and cultures have known for a long time that the best time to do these things is during a crisis. At such times people are preoccupied with just surviving, calling on their loved ones, finding food and shelter or defending their person or family. They're not listening to parliament on the radio or reading newspapers. Haiti is such a country right now following their devastating earthquake a couple of weeks ago.

Watch the vultures as they circle. At one level, orphan children are being taken from the streets and being trafficked to the west. Read this ninemsn article from this morning. Even more heinous, if it's true, a "Christian" organisation is being charged with offences. Also, bodies are being looted for organs (what's the bet that nearly dead is good enough). Hear it from the Haitian prime minister himself on CNN:




That's on the bottom feeder level. On the bigger picture, watch the US suddenly being incredibly interested in "helping" with the rescue effort and sending in large numbers of troops, naval ships and an aircraft carrier. Don't be surprised if this temporary humanitarian effort gradually becomes a permanent occupation force in Haiti. This has not gone unnoticed by Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua. This is not the first time this has happened either. In 1915 the US invaded and occupied Haiti during a period of civil unrest and didn't leave until 1934 (They are obviously not terribly effective at peace keeping roles if it took 19 years to get the country under control). It's more politically palatable taking control of another country on the sly than with a war like invasion.

Although Haiti is officially the poorest nation in the western hemispere with over 80% living in poverty, it offers the US a valuable strategic position in the Carribean, being right next door to Cuba. If they wanted to help so badly, why wait until now?

Watch who gets control of redevelopment funds and see how the money gets and doesn't get spent. Watch how the better pieces of real estate that once were neighborhoods for the poor suddenly become 5 star hotels.

And to top it off, watch "Christian" television media mogul Pat Robertson make the point that Haiti deserved this divine judgement from God because many years ago they made a pact with the devil. Did anyone give thought to the real reason Haiti was "judged" by an earthquake? Could it have anything to do with the fact that their poverty, in large part induced by the west, prevents the Haitians from being able to afford proper structural engineering and earthquake resistant construction? Please, pass me a bucket. I feel sick.