Decisive Action Haiti

The flood of refugees and disorder of democracy in the island nation of Haiti created the great controversy of whether the United States (US) should intervene and restore order in the country. The US turned to its worldview of disengagement to provide guidance; the conclusion questioned if even a drop of American blood should be spilled to aid Haiti. The experience in Vietnam modified attitudes so that the US wouldn’t be so quick to …

…didn’t secure democracy and soon Haiti was removed from the political agenda. Hence, it can be inferred that the US never took a long-term interest in Haiti and the sole purpose of the military action was to appease the interest groups. Such action should only occur if there is a compelling reason (which was lacking during the US involvement), or if there is now a departure from the disengagement worldview into a new paradigm.