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12,000 soldiers certainly could not get out of Haiti all at...

Bernadette - September 12 2011, 7:49 PM

12,000 soldiers certainly could not get out of Haiti all at once. Acting so would have been restless and reckless behavior on behalf of UN and they know it. But make no mistake, the Haitian people registered their anger and frustrations about what has been going on in Haiti and Johnny Jean was just the last straw; And who could blame them?

We all know historically Haitians can't rely on Haiti's government and or the ruling class to protect them. Precisely what functioning government department Haitians in Haiti could go to protest human rights abuses collectively?

Any urgent social needs would have to come from grass roots community activists and these groups are by nature emotional...

I believe we rely too much on exterior governments to take care of Haiti.

A conscious effort has got to be made in order for us to become self-sufficient.

Sometimes out of sheer necessity creativity is born.
United Nations has very specific and limited functions on host countries.

They are not our answer to our problems.

United Nations meant well but the roads are paved with good intentions...considering the cost of unintended problems.

It was never the function of UN to train soldiers to protect and serve a host Nation.

This is not part of their job description.

Sooner or later we must confront the idea that we have to develop our own militia to serve and to protect Haiti.

US has got its own sewage-dumping and clean-water issue problems.

I am not quite sure how they can help us solve ours.
US militia operates on a totally different social premise that might not be in the good interest of Haiti to model after, anyway...

The US police training evolves from a predatory fashioned and built to serve mainly the middle and upper classes.

Is this sound familiar?

Is this what you truly want for Haiti?

Again, I urge you people to seek for local solution to local problems.

Ain't no body gonna help us but ourselves.

The shadow behind us is just an illusion, it does not exist.

There is nobody behind us but us.
Yes, I believe the MINUSTAH should leave Haiti.

They should leave gradually and the People of Haiti and their government should come up with an interim plan for MISUSTAH's evacuation while building-up a plan for a more permanent police force.

If United Nations want to help they can gradually shift the funds allocated for the MINUSTAH expenditures to the interim local police force for a limited amount of time so that Haiti can get on its feet.
Anything short of working to be self-sufficient only digging us further down in the welfare-status-country hole.
In the United States, welfare recipients are always treated with disdain and second-class citizens status.

Haiti does not deserve this. We must work toward self-achievement and self-sufficiency which is in reality a long and arduous process.

We are only dreaming if we think that instant relief is possible.

Small, steady, gradual progress will take us far.

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