Having previously covered the Haiti quake and concluded that climate was not the trigger, I was astonished to discover recently that many speculative theorists blame neither climate nor tectonics. In fact, they point the finger directly to the US government! It has emerged that the US are in possession of technology capable of manipulating climate (you are probably familiar with the geoengineering concept of cloud seeding), earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Certain articles go as far as calling their readers 'naive' to trust that the Haiti earthquake was anything other than a technological attack. These paranoid cynics have invented ridiculous notions such as 'an act of eco-terrorism'.
The main blame is placed upon the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) which is a scheme jointly funded by US Air Force, the US Navy and the University of Alaska (where it is situated). According to the alarmists, HAARP purposely triggered the earthquake in Haiti to allow the US military to savagely pillage Haiti's resources. This was likened to the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan - only this story reliance on the launch of a magnitude 7.0 disaster and the immediate loss of over 200,000 innocent lives. Could the US government really be THAT corrupt?
The conspiracy movement was initiated by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez who argues for the existence of a 'tectonic weapon'. He claims its use on Haiti was merely a test run for its eventual goal of wiping out Iraq. Personally, my stance in this debate is to firmly assert that it is all absurd. Considering that it has been disproved that nuclear bombs can instigate crustal reflexes, I would doubt that the US possess an even stronger weapon. There is numerous articles that do contest the existence of seismic weapons. Ultimately, the information surrounding this topic are purely speculation and I do not expect to stumble across a decisive answer. It does however probe one to reflect on the human mastery over geological hazards. If seismic weapons do exist then why is it so hard to believe that anthropogenic hazards are possible? And do these advancements in technology suggest a way to dominate crustal forces in the future?
"One defends when his strength is inadaquate, he attacks when it is abundant" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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