Does the United States owe Haiti as Quigley states or do we owe them in the sense of charity?

I am responding to William Trial's blog in which he poses the above question. To be honest, sure one can dwell on the past and point fingers and say, hey remember when you invaded my country a long time ago you owe me now that I need your help. Personally, I never look for anything in return or sympathy when someone has done something wrong to me. In other words, if someone has wronged me in the past that is in the past, I am not going to play the guilt card and be like well you know you stole my chair or you kicked me in the leg now you owe me. I feel like the "remember when" game is childish and that just shows that some people aren't able to get over things and hold a grudge. As far as US and Haiti relation go, I feel like the U.S. may bring up the past and help haiti not only for chairty but also to say "hey here is a peace offering." Not everyone can get over a trauma or maybe it is just the fact that the US hates having another country against it,(although that isn't stopping them from starting wars with other countries.) I can't really give this question a yes or a no, I just know how I handle situations when I have been wronged. I feel like we owe them charity and a helpful hand in their time of need and it will just make unneccessary problems to bring up history. History should be history and thats that.
My question is, when it comes to history how much have we constructed ourselves and how much actually happened?