Is Iraq Just Like Haiti?

Published April 27, 2007 1:49pm ET



We may have figured out why the Democratic policy on Iraq is so incoherent. At least some Democrats seem to think that Iraq, Haiti, and Somalia are all the same. The linked page includes video of Senator McCain advocating the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Somalia in 1993 and from Haiti in 1994. He explains in each case why he favors the recall of American forces. With regard to Somalia, he states:

the mission which the American people supported and this Congress supported, in an overwhelming resolution, has been accomplished

And Haiti:

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