Only hope remains in Haiti...

Its Sad to see the devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti's capital.. destruction and despair of people,bodies laying by the streets and helpless injured camped outside rubble of hospitals remind me of the aftermath of the Tsunami in Sri Lanka..and then the 'International' hoards starts descending down, first waves come with good intentions and then gradually the good Samaritans are replaced by the opportunists and the 'tourist NGOs' all looking for a cut from the 'pledges' pie..and then the big countries start the 'pledges and the stick' approach..and the rest I'm sure we all can imagine.. 

I hope President Rene Preval sets up a 'Helping Port Au Prince' Organisation and gets down to business soon..while his people suffer.. or may be not.. 

But there is light at the end of the tunnel for Haiti.. least a good start to let go of the decades of decadence and bad governance.. of course that happened with the kind sponsorship of its great neighbour..who now is calling for its own 'global leadership' to sort things out in Haiti... as if its the wish of the Haitians.. may be its time the so called international community gave a chance to Haiti to not only crawl back from the rubble but to get back in to business without dictating what the business is..

[pix:Foreign Policy mag.]