Sunday, January 17, 2010
Bravo Gregory
David Gregory on Meet the Press finally asked some sensible questions about the Haiti fiasco, and got completely meaningless answers from Sultan Bush and Sultan Clinton.
From the transcript:
In other words, we'll be running the place but as usual we'll pretend we're not, and as usual we won't get shit in return. Just one more way to consume private and federal resources for absolutely no purpose, just one more way to dilute and distract our military from its assigned job of DEFENDING THIS UNFORTUNATE LAND, NOT SOME OTHER GODDAMN PLACE.
Now that's a GREAT question.
This wouldn't even be an acceptable answer from a Miss America contestant. "Well, like I think there's like just so much suffering, you know? And like anything that like saves like just one life is like awesome, you know?" ¶ 8:33 AM
From the transcript:
MR. GREGORY: Beyond the initial rush, does there have to be some kind of U.N.-U.S. temporary government? Do we have to have a role in running the government for a time?
FMR. PRES. CLINTON: Well, I don't think we have to have a role in running the government. But we have, have to have a role in helping them to do things that require an organization that no longer exists.....
In other words, we'll be running the place but as usual we'll pretend we're not, and as usual we won't get shit in return. Just one more way to consume private and federal resources for absolutely no purpose, just one more way to dilute and distract our military from its assigned job of DEFENDING THIS UNFORTUNATE LAND, NOT SOME OTHER GODDAMN PLACE.
MR. GREGORY: Look at its neighbor, the Dominican Republic, so much better off. Should that be a factor in part of the conversation about how much is given, that resistance to change, the fact that aid on a massive scale has not proven to lift countries like Haiti out of poverty?
Now that's a GREAT question.
FMR. PRES. BUSH: Well, I, I, I think this. First of all, the initial thrust of aid is going to save lives, and that's really important. Secondly, as President Clinton mentioned, there is a strategy in place to help Haiti build in a different direction, and, in other words, learn lessons from the past and focus on what'll work in the future. And I, I, I think it's going to be very important for our country never to give up on Haiti. Obviously it's OK to ask whether or not the plan is going to make sense, but we shouldn't abandon our neighbor down there. It's--there's just too much human suffering that can take--has taken place and can continue to take place if we neglect Haiti.
This wouldn't even be an acceptable answer from a Miss America contestant. "Well, like I think there's like just so much suffering, you know? And like anything that like saves like just one life is like awesome, you know?" ¶ 8:33 AM
