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Foreign Affairs

SarahD

(1,732 posts) Tue Mar 12, 2024, 07:41 PM Mar 2024

We like to play the hero, the knight in shining armor, etc. Good idea! Let's rush in and install some tinpot dictator.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/americas/haiti-gangs-prime-minister-analysis-intl/index.html

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Can we resist the urge to get involved in Haiti? (Original Post) SarahD Mar 2024 OP

Yup, adults clean up their own messes Cheezoholic Mar 2024 #3

Yeah, let's try that again🙃 Deuxcents Mar 2024 #2

We are using a proxy Mosby Mar 2024 #4

(28,362 posts)

1. Or watch a country devolve into anarchy? We have a vested interest in supporting the rule of law. Let's not

Tue Mar 12, 2024, 07:49 PM

Mar 2024

forget this is an island shared with the Dominican Republic.

(2,614 posts)

3. Yup, adults clean up their own messes

Tue Mar 12, 2024, 07:57 PM

Mar 2024

we need to clean this one up.

(19,712 posts)

2. Yeah, let's try that again🙃

Tue Mar 12, 2024, 07:49 PM

Mar 2024

(17,467 posts)

4. We are using a proxy

Tue Mar 12, 2024, 10:41 PM

Mar 2024

They can't restore order without help.