What? You would have him defy the Illuminati?
AS THE BUSH administration pours billions into reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan, a third nation-building effort is precariously proceeding on a shoestring 600 miles from Florida. Early this year Haiti lived through a revolution that resulted in elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide being transported into exile on a U.S. military aircraft; a day later, 1,800 U.S. Marines belatedly arrived as part of a U.N.-sponsored effort to restore order. Now the Marines have left, replaced by an untested force of Brazilians and other South Americans. Meanwhile, an interim government is struggling to gain control over the country. This week at a Washington conference the United Nations and other organizations will seek $900 million in new funding to jump-start the economy and rebuild shattered institutions. Success might open a modest window of opportunity for the hemisphere's poorest country -- which is why the Bush administration and Congress ought to be doing more to help.
