Italy's top disaster expert has called the Haiti quake-relief effort a "pathetic" failure, criticising the militarised approach of the United States as ineffective and out of touch for the emergency at hand.
Guido Bertolaso, Italy's well-respected civil protection chief, said what was needed was a single international civilian co-ordinator to take charge, and for individual countries and aid agencies to stop flying their flags and posing for TV cameras and get to work.
"Unfortunately there's this need to make a 'bella figura' before the TV cameras rather than focus on what's under the debris," said Mr Bertolaso, who won praise for his handling of Italy's 2009 quake in Abruzzo.
In particular, he criticised what he called the well-meaning but ineffective US-run military operation. The US military has more than 2,000 troops on the ground, helping to deliver humanitarian aid.
US officials have defended their presence and dismissed such criticism, which has most vocally been levelled by leftist Latin American leaders.
Tell you what, Tuckfard - get your salami-smelling ass on a plane with 5,000 of your closest friends, and set up your own pizza join in the middle of PaP to start handing out free food. You had the good fortune of having a worthwhile national infrastructure within which to operate back in 2009. Haiti doesn't. Never has, probably never will. You don't like our troops helping out? Fine. Show up with your own fucking rescue squad and get the fuck to work. Don't tell us what we're doing wrong until you're out there doing it right.
By: Brant
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