You people make me sick. This wasn't a country full of terrorists, it was a democracy, its VERY close to our borders, and they desperately need help, and will continue to need help for a long time. What makes US great as a nation is how willing we are to assist those in need. This is the most pressing need any foreign entity has had in a long time, and responding in Haiti to me is 100x more important than anything we're doing in Iraq or Afghanistan.
I've donated significantly more to Haiti relief than the amount of one of those text messages. I just feel that this one, this tragedy, falls on us to fix. The tsunami a few years ago occurred on the other side of the world, but this earthquake was right in our back yard. We must not respond poorly just because the Haitians were poor.