You think Iraq is a quagmire? Now, THIS is a quagmire …

Well, we’re off to Haiti
.

I’m still waiting for someone to explain how this protects American
lives (other than those Americans still over there despite instructions
to leave).

Is Haiti harboring terrorists? I doubt Osama is hiding in a spider hole
over there.

Do we want to get in the business of surpressing what appears to be
popular unrest?

How is what is happening there any different than the violence that can
be found in parts of Africa, Asia or South America?

Anyone who thinks this is going to make us loved by those who have
previously accused us of ingnoring mostly black nations is a fool. The
Democrats who wondered why we’re so unconcerned about black lives in
Haiti will not cut Bush any slack in two weeks when the first Americans
start to die there.

It’s going to be an international force. Yeah. Right. Anyone think
France is going to put precious French lives in harms way for anyone
else is a fool. The United States will do all the heavy lifting.

We’re the world’s policemen now.

Somehow, I dont think that having armed Marines patrolling the streets
will magically end the corruption and poverty that made Haiti such a
mess in the first place. In other words, as soon as we leave — provided
Bush even has an exit strategy — the cycle starts all over again.