"In the case of Haiti the US government was indeed able to get other countries to back the sanctions it wished to impose on Haiti because of fears that the government might other wise be able to hold to the promises it had made in the election."

What promises? What does Haiti have that the US wants? Why would the French side with us if there was something we wanted?

Except for the humanitarian issue, most of us could care less what happens in Haiti. After over 100 years of US intervention we don't think there's anything we can do to make things better there. Why not let them settle their own differences? Well, since when we don't intervene we're criticized and when we do we're criticized and we really don't give a damn, why not do what France suggests?

BTW, why is it "Bush" when the US does something while he's in power and "Washington" when Clinton is in power?