Haiti and Afghanistan: Twin tragedies demonstrate mystery of original sin

Haiti and Afghanistan: Twin tragedies demonstrate mystery of original sin 

Haiti has not been a going concern since France began reparations for itself over the nation. This was absolutely perverse and we did nothing. While calling Catholic Relief is helpful, much more is needed and France should pay for it - with interest. Can the nation survive? Should it? Maybe the best option is mass migration out. The other is to bring education in. It is the only way out of poverty.

Afghanistan needs to be given to Iran to deal with, at least to the Pashtunistan border. Pakistan should meet them there. Barring that, we must have hope that the Taliban's agenda was getting the U.S. out rather than imposing Wahibbism. This is where faith comes in. The nation fell to the Taliban as effectively as it fell for us. The real power is with tribal leaders. We must trust them too. After Bin Laden's body was dumped into the ocean, we should have declared victory an left. Hindsight is 20-20.

The failed doctrine of original sin, which is so misogynistic it could have been concocted by the Taliban of Mullah Omar (also dead), has little to do with these twin tragedies, or how to fix them.