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Thread #67393 Message #1126465
Posted By: Strick
29-Feb-04 - 06:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: He kept Our Boys out of Haiti
Subject: RE: BS: He kept Our Boys out of Haiti
"But Bush has so bungled the US's relationships with the international community that, with so many hot spots in the world these days, the US has tied its own hands behind its back."
Really? And what gives you the impression that the US policy would be any different under any other administration? Or that the 800 (count 'em, 800) rebels in question are that big an issue when we have 2,200 Marines standing by? How exactly are our hands tied?
Perhaps you have a better idea of what to do besides coordinating our efforts with France (who's problem Haiti is under the normal rule that a colonial power is responsible for the problems of it's former colonies -- the US in Liberia, remember?) and Canada?
"Since about 1909, I think, Bruce, with the first of many U.S. Ivasions of Nicaragua."
So we were stupid once, do we have to stay that way? Remember the "Good Neighbor" Policy started under Hoover and continued under FDR? Is that such a bad idea? Haiti's not a threat to us, our only interest is humanitarian. Why not seek a diplomatic solution?