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Tuesday

19

January 2010

Just To Illustrate The Point

Written by , Posted in Foreign Affairs & Policy

While the difficulties continue to mount in Haiti, tough policy choices will have to be made.  Do we send in more troops to create order?  No matter what we do, it’s clear some will never be pleased:

The United States is using the humanitarian crisis in Haiti as an excuse to occupy the earthquake-hit island nation, two of Washington’s most vocal leftist critics in Latin America implied at the weekend.

“What is happening in Haiti seriously concerns me as U.S. troops have already taken control of the airport,” Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said late Friday.

Did Obama’s betrayal of democracy in Honduras buy us nothing with these dictators? Sheesh.

Even our real allies are complaining about a supposed “occupation.”  This just goes to show that in the international arena, no good Americandeed goes unpunished.