Haiti
I was cruising, literally, on the fringe of the idyllic island of Hispaniola, the westward part owned by Haiti, on January 23. Two weeks later began a coup. A successful one as it turned out. Royal Caribbean has naturally cancelled all stops there.
It's difficult to accept mystery and to accept when there is no answer. And no answers seem forthcoming for Haiti and her helpless poverty, an Africa writ small. The coup probably gives the people some hope, a hope most of the world community surely thinks naive but will politely keep to itself. It seems if we could ever find a way to nation-build Haiti, the international community could do the same in Africa, if the will was there.
It apparently is so difficult for democracy to take root that it's easy to be pessimistic how successful it will be in Iraq.
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