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The U.S. owes Haiti a big debt
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Feb 05, 2010 11:29am |
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| Category | Opinion |
| Author | Andrew J. Young |
| News Date | Friday, February 5, 2010 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Shortly after the earthquake in Haiti, the Rev. Pat Robertson took to the airwaves to declare that Haiti had “made a pact to the devil” and had “been cursed by one thing after the other.”
But Robertson, of all people, should know that the devil is in the details. In reality, if not for the brave people in Haiti, today we all might be speaking French in Fort Lauderdale, eating snails in Sarasota and passing francs in Baton Rouge.
Why? Few high school textbooks mention it, but more than 200 years ago, the Emperor Napoleon had his sights set on Florida. France already owned the 14 U.S. states known as the Louisiana Territory and hoped to annex Florida, too, to bring France back to glory.
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