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Haiti, U.S.A.: Thoughts on a Take Over

Categories: Disaster, History, Ideas, International Relations, Media & Journalism, Politics

Repeating Islands [1] links to a mainstream media report claiming that Haitians want the U.S. to take over, a concept which the blogger finds odd: “I have been wondering how long it would take before the US press began to report that the Haitian population wanted the Americans to take over. Given the widespread suspicion throughout Haiti of United States’ designs on the nation and the memory of historically-recent debacles associated with the US…it is hard to believe that this sentiment is as prevalent…”