To restore the overthrown president to power
to maintain peace and restore the elected president
To restore the overthrown president to power
President Clinton sent troops to Haiti and Bosnia.
to maintain peace and restore the elected president
Haiti
He believed that the Latin American Countries didn't know how to govern themselves. He sent troops into Haiti and also into the Dominican Republic to help the choose good leaders because they're previous dictator was killed.
During his presidency, President Clinton sent troops to several regions and countries. Some notable examples include Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he deployed troops as part of a NATO peacekeeping mission; Somalia, where he ordered the withdrawal of American forces after a failed intervention; and Haiti, where U.S. troops were sent to restore democratic order after a coup. He also authorized military interventions in Kosovo and Iraq.
1200 us troops are in haiti giving medical support and protection
withdrawing troops from haiti (novanet) -egb-
President Woodrow Wilson ordered American troops to intervene in elections in South America starting in 1913, later in the World War 1. Interestingly he ran a Campaign on the fact that he would NOT get America involved in the European conflict (WWI) and that he would NOT raise taxes. President Wilson said; "I am going to teach the South American republics to elect good men." Between 1914 and 1918, the U.S. intervened in Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, Panama and maintained Military troops in Nicaraqua. These troops were used to select the President of Nicaragua and forced them to pass the Bryan-Chamorro Treaty. U.S. Troops in Haiti forced Haiti to pick the Candidate Pres. Wilson 'picked' for President. Pres. Wilson ordered the occupation of the Dominican Republic in 1916 after its president resigned. He ordered vicious brutality against the Campesino Guerrila's that where fighting against Pres. Wilson's wealthy landowners in the Dominican Republic. Looking at his campaign promises to what he actually did, he in fact raised taxes, Helped create the PRIVATE (not a federal building or agency) Federal Reserve Bank, side stepped the U.S. Constitution to send troops to Latin America and quickly got into WWI.
In 1915, President Wilson sent Marines to Haiti to occupy the country because of civil disturbances.
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