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**disappointment2** · 01-15-2010, 08:22 PM

The interview I heard was talking about how she felt the UN and the government (who the UN basically installed as a palatable replacement for Aristide) had just established enough security to bring some of the rampant kidnapping they had under control, just started to attract a little bit of foreign investment. It was one woman's opinion.

I agree accountability is key. I think the truth of what will happen is that the US will be putting together whatever nominal face of Haitian sovereignty emerges short term from the wreckage and will have unprecedented ability to lay down ground rules for governance. I agree we should take that opportunity.

I'm just not sure from the reports I've heard that you can even say there is currently much of Haitian government to speak of. The president the UN maneuvered in to replace Aristide is alive but the presidential palace which was the seat of the executive branch, the interior ministry building, the defense ministry, the UN building which was largely calling the shots are all toast. The sort of good news from a governance perspective is its sort of a clean slate. The bad news is millions of desperate starving people and a vaccuum of authority.

01-15-2010, 08:22 PM	#11
disappointment2 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	The interview I heard was talking about how she felt the UN and the government (who the UN basically installed as a palatable replacement for Aristide) had just established enough security to bring some of the rampant kidnapping they had under control, just started to attract a little bit of foreign investment. It was one woman's opinion. I agree accountability is key. I think the truth of what will happen is that the US will be putting together whatever nominal face of Haitian sovereignty emerges short term from the wreckage and will have unprecedented ability to lay down ground rules for governance. I agree we should take that opportunity. I'm just not sure from the reports I've heard that you can even say there is currently much of Haitian government to speak of. The president the UN maneuvered in to replace Aristide is alive but the presidential palace which was the seat of the executive branch, the interior ministry building, the defense ministry, the UN building which was largely calling the shots are all toast. The sort of good news from a governance perspective is its sort of a clean slate. The bad news is millions of desperate starving people and a vaccuum of authority.
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