A Miami Herald editorial backs the idea of troops to Haiti and the OAS representative to Haiti said the country would accept American troops. And here's the almost daily article on why Haiti is a mess. I see way too many of those.
The US dropped its opposition to Mohamed ElBaradei leading the IAEA for a third term. It's nice to read that we'll support the guy who actually got the analysis of the Iraqi nuclear program correct. We never did give a good reason for our opposition other than petty politics.
Finally, former Secretary of State and current NDI chairwoman Madeleine Albright and NED Chairman Vin Weber have an op-ed in the post on bringing democracy to the Middle East that includes this radical idea:
Arab leaders should know that progress toward democracy will have favorable consequences for their relations with the United States and that the reverse is also true. Countries moving toward democracy should receive special consideration on such matters as trade and aid, while Washington should distance itself from governments that refuse over time to recognize the rights of their citizens.Some may see this as common sense, but it isn't US policy yet and it should be.
UPDATE: The Onion reports that the lack of news on Darfur means we must have stopped the genocide and saved lots of innocent lives. Powerful satire.
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