Washington knows better than anyone the futility of military intervention in Haiti.
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Police patrol the streets after gang members tried to attack a police station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 25, 2023.
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Bad ideas never die. They just wait for the next crisis to offer themselves up again.
Using the military to fix nonmilitary problems is perhaps the most tragic and costly bad idea, yet proposals by the State Department and the media for U.S. allies to do exactly that in Haiti are bubbling up anew.
About the Author
Andrew C. Jarocki is a contributing fellow at Defense Priorities and a master’s-degree candidate at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
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Bad ideas never die. They just wait for the next crisis to offer themselves up again.
Using the military to fix nonmilitary problems is perhaps the most tragic and costly bad idea, yet proposals by the State Department and the media for U.S. allies to do exactly that in Haiti are bubbling up anew.
About the Author
Andrew C. Jarocki is a contributing fellow at Defense Priorities and a master’s-degree candidate at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
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