Reply #74: I have not blamed Obama for anything

[Cyrano]

But anyone who doesn't think there's a command and control problem that needs to be fixed is kidding themselves.

It doesn't take much to grasp that what's going on in Haiti exists because no one is in charge.

Someone, or some entity, needs to step forward. Someone or some entity needs say "I'M IN CHARGE."

The U.S. is the only such entity with the power and resources to do so. But our reputation in the world has been so crushed, that there is no way we can do so without causing wide wide alienation and bringing down worldwide condemnation.

Thank your George W. Bush for having placed us in this situation.

However, when people are literally sitting on the ground, dying from lack of water and medical help, it's time to act, regardless of world opinion.

And how can there be any doubt that we have each and every resource to provide that help. We have the bulldozers to push the rubble (and, yes, bodies) out of the way. We have the military power to put a halt to rioting. And, most importantly, we have the supplies, equipment and people to deliver whatever is needed to put an end to the incredible nightmare of death that is still occurring at this very moment in Haiti.

I find the criticisms on this thread either uninformed, or/or intentionally mean spirited. (Not what you'd expect on DU.)

But regardless of anything else, this has not been our finest moment. As much as we are doing, we must do better. And we've got to do it right this very instant. Would you want any less if you were sitting in dirt, waiting?