France is sniveling over U.S. efforts to stabilize the deteriorating situation in Haiti.

Leave it to France to complain about the United States efforts to get
aid and troops into Haiti before all hell breaks loose inside the
country. So what if we have alot of troops there. It is in our backyard,
not off the coast of the French Riviera or Normandy beach. I would
personally expect the U.S. to have the most troops inside Haiti in as
short a time as possible to prevent rioting, looting, murder and
mayhem From breaking out after such a disaster. Why didn't France
offer to partner up with us as soon as possbile and try to work with us
and not against us?


The french left Haiti a mess. They are noted cry babies when anyone
one ups  them at anything. The french would have surrendered to
anyone who got there after them and had a more sizable force.
This is he thanks we get for bailing out another country from the
edges of hell.



US accused of 'occupying' Haiti as troops flood in


France accused the US of "occupying" Haiti on Monday as thousands of American troops flooded into the country to take charge of aid efforts and security.

By Aislinn Laing, and Tom Leonard in Port-au-Prince.

Bill Clinton helps to unload a delivery of medical supplies in Port-au-Prince Photo: GETTY Members from the 84th US Air Force Division stand guard in the streets of Port-au-Prince Photo: EPA

People line up for food organized by the UN's World Food Program in the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince Photo: AP

Earthquake victims rush to the back of a World Food Program truck as workers distribute food Photo: AP

The French minister in charge of humanitarian relief called on the UN to "clarify" the American role amid claims the military build up was hampering aid efforts.

Alain Joyandet admitted he had been involved in a scuffle with a US commander in the airport's control tower over the flight plan for a French evacuation flight.

Geneva-based charity Medecins Sans Frontieres backed his calls saying hundreds of lives were being put at risk as planes carrying vital medical supplies were being turned away by American air traffic controllers.

But US commanders insisted their forces' focus was on humanitarian work and last night agreed to prioritise aid arrivals to the airport over military flights, after the intervention of the UN.

The diplomatic row came amid heightened frustrations that hundreds of tons of aid was still not getting through. Charities reported violence was also worsening as desperate Haitians took matters into their own hands.

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