I would attempt to answer the [HAITI] portion of your post, but you included a host of other countries before I even finished reading your post. [a billion here/there/everywhere and all these nations spit in our eye].

I'd first like to ask; Why did you start off with HAITI and not even mention which other countries you refer to -- along with the total $$$ figures we have spent regarding those countries?

Furthermore... Why was HAITI your choice to stir the pot w/o mentioning the name(s) of the other countries you claim who spat on us and why did you not open with something like "Wow... we're sure shelling out a lot of money around the world (in A, B, C, D, E, F, G countries and HAITI.")?

BTW, I do agree this is a time we can less aford this type of spending; unless, of course, it did just happen to have something remotely connected to our security given the approx. location of Hispaniola.