The difference between Haiti and Iraq is enormous. We went to Haiti to control a leader we put into office from killing more people. It was very straightforward. No war games, no lies and trumped up charges/fear-mongering, and no war profiteering. It was U.N. supported as well as approved by the vast majority of the world, unlike our "war" in Iraq. This military cleanup job will not cost almost 200 billion dollars, over 10,000 civilian casualties, and nearly 700 military casualties, unlike the "war in Iraq.
There is no massive mobilization to Haiti, unlike the humongous mobilization for the "war" in Iraq.
P.S.: You might wonder why I'm putting the word war in quotation marks when I refer to the "war" in Iraq. This "war" is an unecessary squandering of life and money and was waged on false pretenses for the benefits of a select and rich minority. I refuse to call it a war because in my mind it is foolhardy and illegitimate.
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R.I.P. H.S.T.
I wanna have El Scrabino's man babies.
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