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Article: Pitfalls in Haiti don't detract from Carter's triumph. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- September 23, 1994
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WASHINGTON _ There's rumbling disappointment among critics that the mission by Jimmy Carter, Sam Nunn and Colin Powell spoiled the timetable for an invasion of Haiti.
Peace. It's so boring, murky and inconclusive.
Nothing like military bang-bang, as long as it's over quickly, to get the bands playing and patriotic testosterone flowing.
Shucks, the Carter team's meddling ruined a chance to show the world what a couple of U.S. aircraft carriers plus 15,000 troops could do to a Third World army.
Yep, there's something stirring about a nighttime landing on a semi-hostile island, Black Hawk gunships roaring in and paratroopers blazing onto an airfield and landing ...
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