The US Has been in Haiti repeatedly over the years, but it's hard to stabilize a country with almost no economic assets. It didn't help that the last person we helped put back in power was a KNOWN thug (Mr. Jean Bertrand Aristide), which brings into question how welcome our assistance is going to be this time. It also brings back the historical problems with French colonies, which the French never really developed, never set up any provisions for even semi autonomous rule, and essentially just used for their raw materials. (Other famous French colonies include French Indo-China (Vietnam, Laos), Algeria, etc......not a really a list of successful nations)