[george wythe]

Local news says about 7 people hijacked a freighter from Panama and commandeered it to Miami.

Seven is still a small number..

According to news reports, the US is setting up a refugee camp in Gitmo for the Haitians, and I don't know which course of the following two options will be better for the US.

One, don't intervene in Haiti, send our Coast Guard to intercept Haitian boat people, and feed/shelter thousands of refugees in Gitmo for a long time. Or

Two, send a few hundred Marines, secure Haiti, install a national unity government, and invite Caribbean troops from the West Indian islands to police Haiti until free elections are held.

I'm leaning toward option 2, but I don't have all the facts of a cost-benefit study. I wish the US government makes a rational decision.

[HAL9000]

Option two sounds good. Francophone police officers can be sent from Martinique and Guadeloupe. CARICOM could be useful too.

[JustPiper]

Bush Rebuffs Aristide, Warns Haitians

Feb 25, 2:57 PM (ET)

By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Wednesday rebuffed Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's appeal for immediate security assistance to head off a rebel advance and warned Haitians not to flee to the United States.

http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/79744|top|02-25-2004::15:07|reuters.html

[BagCamAddict]

Seven may be a small number, but it only took five per plane to crash into the WTC and Pentagon.

And a "freighter" is not exactly a small fishing boat filled with refugees.

Hopefully that is all it will turn out to be. :-)

[lodwick]

Dream on, George, dream on.

Cheers.

[homemom]

How about letting Kofi and the UN handle it? Obviously, they think they know more than we do, so lets see just how they propose to fix this.