In light of the recent earthquake in Haiti, and subsequent US military assistance, it seems prudent to revisit some of the previous American forays into the Caribbean nation. Two instances of American intervention that immediately come to mind are President Woodrow Wilson’s 1915 invasion and the 1994 action under President Bill Clinton. These are just two of the many other occurrences of America’s physical display of interest in Haiti. Albeit this interest ranged from economic to humanitarian justifications.
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- Robert: Everyone needs to see Vietnam,
- Ross Mahoney: Sounds like it is another
- Robert: My original post omitted the
- Robert: Hey Ross, Vietnam is a
- Ross Mahoney: Robert it looks like a
