why did the Us intervent in the war in Haiti in 1994?
461305
There was no war in Haiti in 1994. I don't think this current generation has know any war in the country....
975223
Unofficially, the US was involved with WWII from the beginning, by sending supplies to the Allies.\nOfficially, in 1941.
937614
A lot of the reason why the United States did not intervene was because of how the situation in Somolia was handled.  The US was too scared to get involved in anothe African conflict.\n\nAlso, the US has a history of not intervening unless there is profit.  Just look at how long it took for the US to join in the war against Nazi Germany!!  And even then, it was only because we were directly attacked.
425154
one thing is de-militarization delayed our eventual involvement in the war.  Even after we declared war, it took the US a wile to actually fight because there were too few soldiers and too little equipment.  They had to wait for it to be produced.
819935
It started when archduke Ferdinand was assassinated by a anarchist.  The US joined in when the Germans sank the Lusitania.
250697
Cause France and Britain were fighting at the time and Britain was blockading our trade with France and kidnapping Our sailors and forcing them into the British Navy to Fight. USA declared war on British and the British Burned down DC, and teh President had to abandon the Capital, the only time in Hirstory that happened, Then in Baltimore they heard what happened in DC and the British were heading their to destroy the port of Baltimore, but Baltimorons were not afraid to fight and repelled the British afetr setting up defensive positions
829224
Yes, I know the difference. Does our president is the question. There was the invasion of Normandy during the second world war, operation Overlord. A valid invasion in the course of a declared war. What our president did when he sent our troops to invade Iraq was an act of war, as it is anytime a country invades another country without declaring war. Saddam wanted Kuwait's oil. Bush can't find Osama, so this was a diversion to placate America after 9/11, and just like Saddam's invasion of Kuwait and George's of Iraq, many innocent people were and continue to be killed.
190638
The most obvious connection is the U.S. Mafia's attempt to assassinate Castro and in  retaliation, Castro succeeded in dooming off our president.  The US, via the CIA had sought the Mafia's help to whack the Cuban leader...some scandal huh?
417115
There are several well-written books on the subject, but the simplest answer is that the world had learned that no good deed goes unpunished, and were not looking to get burned again by an uncontrollable third world hell-hole.\n\nThe United States and the UN had intervened in Somalia, and the situation only seemed to get worse. When the forces exited, the soldiers on the helicopters could look back and see the mobs of war lords and their thugs ransacking everything they had spent months and far too many lives trying to build, and Somalia went directly back into chaos.
1099887
The US had a presence there since 1950's, even before that if you count the OSS operatives during WWII. Our involvement was to stem the tide of Communism, and also to step in to fill the gap after the French were leaving to comply with the Geneva Accord of 1954. \n     In the context of the times, fighting Communism was a more important and justifiable pretext than oil. \n    It seems apparent that actual motives changed and got muddied as the scope of involvement became lengthy. \n    In the end, US objectives are actually beginning to be realized, and that area of the world moves to more of a self determined free-market based economy. It is a shame that there had to be so much suffering of the general population AFTER US withdrawal to see this come about. \n     I have read memoirs and interviews from former Viet Cong of how they were immediately disenfranchised when the South was overrun, (and they were on the same side as the North, and did much of the dying at the hands of the US!), so one can imagine how bad it must have been for the remainder of the population.
404556
The U.S. -- we exclude ourselves from investigation, probably because we have the most nukes and no one can make US.\n\nAlthough Haiti, was pretty funny.  \n\nOr Bikini Atoll after that one little explosion.
469624
Operation Urgent Fury.  The US invasion of Grenada in order to stop the massacres.
534815
FDR had been pushing the US to the brink of war with both countries. His belligerance towards both was evident in his policies. His support of Britain, the Lend-Lease and the extension of US escorts for British shipping were, basically, acts of war against Germany.\n\nWe would have eventually gone to war, but without the unity we had after having been attacked.\n\nOf course, we could have surrendered like the French, and the money spent on the war would have been better spent on poverty reduction plans at home, according to some people on this site.\n\nI guess FDR was just a warmongering elitist who kept America in a long depression for his evil pleasure and greed, until he could get into a war and kill millions of innocents with his indescriminate bombing of civilan targets. This would be an accurate description, according to the people who depict Bush this way.
598731
1970's -- incinerated 600,000 peasants in the country next to the country the US was at war with.\n\nafter that ... hooked up with saddam hussain and helped end democracy in several latin american nations.\n\ntoday ... hard to believe people in the US buy the line about spreading democracy.
956033
the US has a history of trying to be the healer of the world.\nbut there is a line between helping and supporting.\nthere is a bigger line between supporting and suppling weapons to people
302131
US tried to stay neutral for a while.  The US didn't like the unrestricted sub warfare, so after attacks on American merchant ships, Wilson declared war on Germany.
639642
Wrong beach. America's involvement started in Hawaii.