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No matter how well-intentioned, armed mission in Haiti is a mistake
North America

No matter how well-intentioned, armed mission in Haiti is a mistake

Civil leaders are worried the new Kenya-led force will mostly serve to prop up an illegitimate government.

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Latin America

UN closer to approving armed intervention to secure Haiti

Despite official US support, critics say a multinational force would end up emboldening the un-elected regime in charge right now.

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Washington Politics

Afghanistan & Haiti: failed as autocracies and democracies

Both have intractable governing problems, but that doesn't mean the West should keep intervening to save them.

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Latin America

Will the international community intervene in Haiti — again?

The pressure is on, despite a nightmarish history of foreign meddling in the Caribbean nation.

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Latin America

The last thing Haiti needs is a foreign military intervention

As conditions spiral out of control there, the UN wants to send 'peacekeepers.' But as we've seen in the past, this could be a disaster.

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Military Industrial Complex

Why Smedley Butler left the imperialist front despising 'Gangsters of Capitalism'

New book shows how the American general's contempt for 'the racket' was born during his service in the 20th century 'small wars.'