US involvement in Haiti; another dirty chapter of US history book?
I don't know much about the details of recent events of the Haiti including the "departure" of its democratically elected president. But based on the dirty history of the US involvements in the affairs of other countries including the 1953 Coup d'etat in Iran against the democratically elected government of Dr. Mosaddegh as well as the recent mumblings by Powell; the clown calling for Haitian president's resignation, it is not hard to see the dirty American hands at work again. How is it possible for this warmonger US Administration to sit back and watch Haitian rebels move towards the capital without making any move on this! They can't stand anything that would not sound perfect for their own interests and they would do anything to crush what they don't like. They can easily victimize democratically elected governments as well as people by thousands to protect their own greedy interests. Yes, this is the "glorious" recent history of the United States of America.
All the evidence suggest that there have been a coup d'etat against the democratically elected president of Haiti and he was forced to go to exile by the threat from the Americans. The issue has been brought up by the Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Also listen to this.
Having said this, one should not forget about the potential role France has played in this whole affair. Guardian has an interesting article about this issue: Why they had to crush Aristide .
Also Jamaica Observer calls this The deed is done. Haiti has been raped. The act was sanctioned by the United States, Canada and France .
And this article tells its take on the issue: An excerpt:
"American tampering in Haiti is quite obvious. Before the violence erupted, the Bush administration was in full support of the opposition, and have been trying to force Aristide to share power. As frustration over the political stalemate escalated and the rebels took to the streets, the US simply stood by and watched, refusing to help calm the situation in any way. The goal of the White House was simple: to have Aristide removed from power at whatever cost, even if meant allowing the country to descend into civil war. So much for the doctrine of humanitarian intervention as was used in such far away places as Kuwait and Bosnia.
All the evidence suggest that there have been a coup d'etat against the democratically elected president of Haiti and he was forced to go to exile by the threat from the Americans. The issue has been brought up by the Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Also listen to this.
Having said this, one should not forget about the potential role France has played in this whole affair. Guardian has an interesting article about this issue: Why they had to crush Aristide .
Also Jamaica Observer calls this The deed is done. Haiti has been raped. The act was sanctioned by the United States, Canada and France .
And this article tells its take on the issue: An excerpt:
"American tampering in Haiti is quite obvious. Before the violence erupted, the Bush administration was in full support of the opposition, and have been trying to force Aristide to share power. As frustration over the political stalemate escalated and the rebels took to the streets, the US simply stood by and watched, refusing to help calm the situation in any way. The goal of the White House was simple: to have Aristide removed from power at whatever cost, even if meant allowing the country to descend into civil war. So much for the doctrine of humanitarian intervention as was used in such far away places as Kuwait and Bosnia.
posted by Faramin | 3:02 p.m.
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