re: Why were former members of the U.S. military driving around Haiti heavily armed?

Yeah, well, there you go. This was definitely a set up.

These guys were under the impression that they were pulling security for someone otherwise they would have never been stupid enough to drive into a check point with no tags .... and they would have had an escape route in place and fired-up anyone who tried to take them down. That’s just how those crews work.

This was amatuer hour and someone is going to pay some kind of price.

My bet is the Americans will be used as bargaining chips for something. We’ll find out soon enough what that is.

The place is a shite hole. I was there for four months after the earthquake and when I finished I vowed I would never go back for any amount of money. I slept at night with a pistol under my while spooning with an AK, and that was with security pulling CQ on each end of our GP Medium.

Where the bank is located, right near the govenor’s building, is where most of the shite goes down and is usually heavily occupied by military who will throw down at the drop of a hat ... and often do.

This was all a set up. I just checked two of the contractor boards and they are saying there were other contractors on the island who are raising hell right now about their guys being set up.