| There is plenty of blame to go around for Haiti’s descent, yet again, from a badly-ruled and widely ignored basket case of a nation to bonafide failed state. Typically, one of the less important issues is the one getting all the attention: Did U.S. troops intervene and force President Jean Bertrande Aristide into exile? |
One of the less important issues.
Excuse me?
Where in the name of heaven are we headed?
Yes, I do know. But every time I think it is as openly obvious as it can get, something else comes up. And I am beyond outrage at this point. If this is what the masses will be fed, we are marching straight into hell, and not even looking back.
| Even is (sic) American forces did forcibly place Aristide on a plane out of the country -- and the evidence is inconclusive right now -- there is a case to be made for what the Bush administration did over the weekend. By sweeping in ahead of rebel forces and spiriting Aristide to safety in Africa, a bloodbath may have been averted. |
Hogwash.
Why, pray tell, couldn't the bloodbath have been averted as well if we had "swept in" a little sooner when Aristide was asking for some help to stop those rebel forces. In fact, there were several hundreds of people whose lives might have been saved if we had done so.
This is a disgusting piece of crap. Arrogant, ignorant crap.
Michael Moran, the author of this piece makes the case that the U.S. needs to pump some money into Haiti. He notes that the failure to help out economically has helped to maintain the problems in Haiti. He doesn't, however, even bother to mention that we have had an embargo on the country. He talks about Haiti's failures, and the need for nation building, but it seems to be in the context of avoiding a bunch of refugees spoiling the shores of Florida.
The article seems a little mixed, but the above statements seem very clear to me: it is not only okay to remove an elected leader from office in another country, it is our duty if the country could be a problem for us.
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