25363: Morse (reply) Proactive in Haiti (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

oloffsonram@aol.com

For the U.N. to be more proactive is one thing. To bring in more guns is 
another. With the U.N. on the case, Haiti has more than enough firepower at 
their disposal. You can't start arming people whose loyalties are in question. 
At the same time if the Brazilians feel that certain economic and social 
factors could help ease the present situation then they should be given a 
chance to ease those conditions. Present day Haiti is a situation that has many 
fronts and if you focus too much on one front or the other you'll be blindsided 
by the fronts you're not focusing on. It has to be a multi-front effort, 
co-ordinated with a common goal; to make the transition to a constitutional 
government with social and economic conditions that permit stability in Haiti 
and in the region.

Richard Morse