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I'm of two minds on this. Yeah, UN member nations screwed up. On the other hand, screwups can only be stopped with certainty if you opt to stop doing anything. So my other mind sees this and thinks, no good deed goes unpunished.

When responsible people screw up, they make things right. Else, they really should not do anything in the first place. The UN and NGOs really have done more harm than good to Haiti and many have used the facade of doing good to enrich themselves: *related=http://videosift.com/video/How-did-the-Red-Cross-Spend-in-Haiti

*related=http://videosift.com/video/How-did-the-Red-Cross-Spend-in-Haiti

How did the Red Cross Spend in Haiti has been added as a related post - related requested by longde.

By that measure though have any major aid groups been 'responsible' in Haiti. I fear your position leads to arguing that virtually none of the groups that attempted meaningful assistance should have done anything in the first place. Given what they each spent out of pocket without much hope of equivalent return kind of just leads to isolationism.

Given the long history of Haiti, an isolationist view is understandable. What has resulted from all the years and $$$$ of outside intervention? Haiti is still the poorest and most destitute nation in the hemisphere.