Some disturbing stories have been coming out of Haiti around the militarization of aid. The Canada-Haiti Action Network has released a statement of concern.
“There is an exaggerated focus on unlawfulness,” says one the group’s representatives in Toronto, Niraj Joshi. “Taking food and water from destroyed stores does not constitute looting,” she said. “It is an instinct of human survival, caused by the failure of the international relief effort to provide timely and effective assistance.”
Canada has announced it's sending 1,000 troops to Haiti, including counterinsurgency forces who've just returned from Afghanistan. The Al-Jazeera video below shows some of the effects of the militarization of US aid on the ground.