united states, just waiting this out. because it has become extremely dangerous. and joe, i know you come from a diplomatic standpoint, but obviously, we ve been down this road so many times with this particular country. no in this sort of kidnapping situation, but decades of plight with this country. is there still a diplomatic solution to, or is it more of a military solution to the situation there? and i ve got to be quick here? diplomatic solution has to be the primary. american military engagement is a very, very last resort. but our aid programs have been stalled. they ve been back and forth. we need to make sure that we are engaging as much as haiti as we can. but it s really in the political crisis right now. after that assassination, the lack of clarity about who did it and what goes forward makes it very hard for our diplomats to navigate as well. i hate to say, this is as complicated as it get, but this is the poorest country in the
but i do think that he has a view of the region that somehow believes that if we try to find ways to, in a sense, address some of the grievances of our adversaries, that that will change their behavior. and it is a tendency, i think particularly given the desire to minimize the scope of american military engagement in the region, it tends to unsettle our friends in the region because they look at their adversary as as threatening them, and they don t focus on their adversaries grievances, and i think that s a basic gap in perception. it s one of the reasons that many of our friends right now have a view of us that makes them increasingly uneasy. and look, you re seeing a pattern where more and more of them, even if they don t like what the russians are doing, they re still going and talking to them because they see the russians as increasingly an arbor tomorrow of events. mr. ambassador, like any