Marshall Plan for Haiti?
What is the best role for a top political leader in a response to natural disaster such as Haiti's? Daily progress meetings at the White House? Symbolic on-the-scene consultations and relief work? Announcing big budget Marshall Plans?
Overcoming our disaster myopia in Haiti
We tend not to plan for devastating events, like Haiti's earthquake, and then our emotionally driven response is short lasting. Here are four solutions for overcoming our short-term approach to disasters.
Preventing a failed state
Make no mistake--the security of the region and of the United States is at stake in the wake of Haiti's crisis.
Defining our generation
it is during these events like Haiti when my generation witnesses the potential of the world to exhibit love and empathy towards our fellow human beings.
Building Haiti
Haiti cries out for our help, but developmental assistance should be planned and closely directed by leaders who have demonstrated their competence and integrity.
No Marshall Plan for Haiti
The U.S. government knows how to do disaster relief, but not economic development, and Haiti has no track record of success.
Our true face
Our country shows its true face whenever we respond - anywhere, anytime, and with overflowing generosity - to catastrophic events like the earthquake in Haiti.
Chief coordinator
The best intended relief efforts can fall apart if countries and agencies do not communicate effectively and coordinate their contributions.
Bullhorn and bully pulpit
President Obama should remind us that aiding the victims in Haiti taps into some of our most noble national values - charity, sacrifice and community.
Keep it on the front pages
President Obama needs to encourage -- demand accountability from -- the public and private agencies delivering relief in Haiti.
Empathy, action and results
Crisis leadership is not only about what you do in the heat of the moment, but also who you become as a result of it.
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hz9604: The need for immediate help to Haiti is indisputable.
But a Marshall Plan for a country that has shown no signs of wanting to do the work t...
UncleHenry2009: God help me, as a lifelong liberal I'm a little ashamed of myself for saying this. No, there shouldn't be a Marshall Plan for Haiti. This ...
dwyerj1: The United States, in very large part, is historically responsible for the poverty in Haiti.
We might call it something besides a "Marsha...
