Excerpt from an article:
“The US intervention in Haiti after the major earthquake that devastated that country on January 12 has become a subject of international controversy. Though there were no reports of attacks on aid workers, US forces seized Port-au-Prince airport and the main government buildings, flying in thousands of troops and blocking the flow of food and medical supplies to hundreds of thousands of desperate Haitians.
Anger is rising in the country and in aid organizations. France’s co-operation minister, Alain Joyandet, even rebuked the US operation at a summit meeting in Brussels, saying, “This is about helping Haiti, not about occupying Haiti.”
The Nation magazine, a leading publication of US “progressive” opinion, has responded by applauding the US intervention in Haiti. The magazine’s Washington correspondent, John Nichols, recently penned an Orwellian column, “Obama’s Fine Moment,” to praise the intervention and particularly the “dignity and determination” he sees in Obama’s response to the quake.”
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