Yeah, that's kind of where I am, in regards to the this comment... I've started to answer it and then stopped a bunch of times.
It is interesting to see how little (in relative terms) it would cost to do this sort of thing, and I have to wonder how much more effective this kind of "nation building" might work in a nation that isn't a war zone, but... I think it would be a mistake to put too much stock into what is a reaction from some people to an unimaginable disaster.
I think if we did annex Haiti... or try to remake it in our own image... then within a couple of years we would be dealing with "insurgents" there, as well as accusations from abroad that we took advantage of a crisis to exercise colonial impulses.
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It is interesting to see how little (in relative terms) it would cost to do this sort of thing, and I have to wonder how much more effective this kind of "nation building" might work in a nation that isn't a war zone, but... I think it would be a mistake to put too much stock into what is a reaction from some people to an unimaginable disaster.
I think if we did annex Haiti... or try to remake it in our own image... then within a couple of years we would be dealing with "insurgents" there, as well as accusations from abroad that we took advantage of a crisis to exercise colonial impulses.