Twelve years after the departure of the navy of the United states from Haiti, dictator Antoine Louis Leocardie Elie Lescot, fearing revolution and assassination, leaves Haiti having run his nation’s economy into the ground.

       NOTES:

• So ended the U.s.’ sixth attempt at nation building, bringing its total success/failure record to (successes, 0; failures, 6).
• While “nation-building is a laudable goal, Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution for the united States says that “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”; it does NOT state that “The United States shall guarantee to every nation on this planet a Republican Form of Government” [emphasis added].

        [added 5/10/2025]

7/4/1946