Bill Clinton did not claim mission accomplished, but he was eager to declare the U.S. occupation of Haiti a success. Aboard the newly returned aircraft carrier U.S.S. Eisenhower in Norfolk, Virginia, last week, the President told 1,500 sailors and officers that by landing in Haiti, they had "brought a new day to people who thought they would never get it." On behalf of the American people, he was delivering a "heartfelt thank you."
A White House aide talked happily of "moving into the end game of the transition to the Aristide government" as if all the troops were about to come...
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