Haiti: If not (long) now, then when?

Order of Civilization

Order of Civilization

Perturbating the order of civilization

Beneath Nature’s ground, an earthquake in Haiti.
One so devastating, it shocks Culture into chaos;
local Governance has no assembly.
With its Infrastructure crushed,
there is no capacity for Commerce;
and Fashion has no market.

Doctors are on the way

As is food and water. But who will administer the system? Who will provide physical security so medics can perform, food can be distributed? Who will provide governance, transparent rules, influencing this society to be civil? Who will provide money, for emergency funding and what comes after? Who will put together an infrastructure, supporting all that it takes for Haiti to manage and sustain its resources?


After the aid rushes in

After the relief effort stabilizes, who will be the SysAdmin for Haiti, then? Time and responsibility: It’s so much more than the U.S. Marines and rinse, lather, repeat.

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2 Responses to “Haiti: If not (long) now, then when?”

  1. TMLutas Says:
    January 16th, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    One of the major problems of Haiti is a lack of virtue. Without virtue there will be no lasting solution. Speaking of virtue is practically off limits in the salons of our elite classes. Until that changes, there will be no clear thinking on Haiti, just an endless parade of failed solutions.

  2. Critt Jarvis Says:
    January 17th, 2010 at 1:53 pm

    There’s no shortage of clear thinking on Haiti, you simply have to know how to find it:

    Lieutenant General (Ret) John F. Goodman is the Director of the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (COE)