Haiti vs. Iraq

James Joyner · Monday, March 1, 2004 · 7 Comments

LESS THAN ONE YEAR after the “unilateral” invasion of Iraq, the United States is conducting a joint military operation, along with our allies Canada and France, to restore order in Haiti. And it’s been sanctioned by the United Nations.

Whatever happened to the “irreperable damage to international order” that Operation Iraqi Freedom was supposed to bring?

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Hal says:

Monday, March 1, 2004 at 18:59

Wow. He’s really scraping the bottom of the barrel here with that one.

Geesh.

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Jim says:

Monday, March 1, 2004 at 19:07

What about the calls the Democrats to intervene in Haiti as an unilaterist action? I was waiting for the United Nations resolutions, monitor teams and the formal studies before we took this reckless step.

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McGehee says:

Monday, March 1, 2004 at 19:22

I should find it deliciously ironic that the same Democrats who complained about “unilateralism” in Iraq have been slamming the administration for not acting unilaterally in Haiti.

But I don’t. I find it pathetically predictable. I find it perfectly in character for them to embrace two contradictory positions before breakfast and then treat anyone who notices the contradiction as a dunderhead.

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Gary and the Samoyeds says:

Monday, March 1, 2004 at 19:26

Their positions are not inconsistent.

They opposed removing Saddam, an anti-American dictator, from Iraq.

They wanted us to help prop-up Aristide, an anti-American dictator, in Haiti.

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McGehee says:

Monday, March 1, 2004 at 20:27

So what you’re saying is, they’re all for unilateralism when it suits them politically.

<writes it down>

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Insults Unpunished says:

Monday, March 1, 2004 at 20:35

Good Question
From Citizen Smash:LESS THAN ONE YEAR after the “unilateral” invasion of Iraq, the United States is conducting a joint military operation, along with our allies Canada and France, to restore order in Haiti. And it’s been sanctioned by the United…

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Backcountry Conservative says:

Monday, March 1, 2004 at 21:04

Haiti Briefing
This post will provide some background information on the country of Haiti, including some historical notes. Other bloggers’ reaction to events of the past 24-48 hours in Haiti are found at the bottom. This has been reported as the…

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