I can't be arsed to read all of this thread. IMO, what Haiti needs is NOT politicos of any stripe/bent in Haiti right now. What Haiti needs are people trained in emergency work: SAR, crowd control, foods distribution, doctors and dentists; people trained to assess the situation, not there for a photo op. So where this or that politician was when there's shit goin' down that requires work--not opinions--is what so many of you call 'straw dogs'--a term I dislike very much.