Haiti Uprising Spreads As PM Seeks Help

AP ^ | 17 Feb 2004 | MICHAEL NORTON

[XHogPilot]

Haiti, another Clinton failure...

Why Haiti's Such a Mess (And Why Bill Clinton Was So Wrong to Prop Up Aristide)

[Richard Kimball]

All it will do is break back down into the tribal system. They'll 86 each other until an equilibrium is reached. We'd be idiots to do anything other than block them at our coastline and let the fallout take place.

[Loyal Buckeye]

How long before we hear that Clinton left a plan for Pres. Bush to follow in Haiti and that Bush ignored it?

[b4its2late]

The Clinton legacy continues, but somehow they'll blame Bush.

[cripplecreek]

Tell them the UN hasnt given us the permission to do anything yet.

[Zeppo]

Aristide, who was wildly popular when he became Haiti's first freely elected leader in 1990, has lost support since his party swept flawed legislative elections in 2000. He is accused of using police and armed militants to stifle dissent and allowing corruption to fund lavish lifestyles for his cronies as the majority of the 8 million people suffer deeper misery

Yep, that sure sounds like he's Clinton's guy...

[Austin Willard Wright]

Haiti, another failure of Demopublican world policing.

[1Old Pro]

Let the U.N handle it so that the Dems are happy.

[dfwgator]

Never trust a de-frocked priest.

[Chi-townChief]

Let's send the entire Congressional Black Caucus there to help Brother Aristide out.

[CHUCKfromCAL]

When are we going to change the debate to include Haiti and Kosovo, not just Iraq. The Democrat track record with nation building and restoring peace is much worse that President Bush's.

[ruiner]

France surrendered!

[Austin Willard Wright]

Agreed. Let's chance the debate: Kosovo, Haiti, and Iraq were all foolish nation building attempts.

[Just mythoughts]

Have the French funded this uprising? Timing is everything.

[geedee]

Is it just me who thinks that the Socialist Pukes of the UN only get excited about a situation when the U.S. yawns?

And was de Villepin "bragging" that they had 4000 troops nearby? Four whole thousand! Of course it'll take 2000 Royal French rowboats to ferry them to Haiti and only three Haitian Cub Scout Packs to kick their ass.

[Bean Counter]

Not again!

Send in the U.N. and let them "fix" Haiti...

Just for the record, in the past 100 years, how many times has the United States interceded in Haiti?

Just wondering.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Quite a few times. The longest was continuous occupation from 1915 to the 1930s.

BTW, the neo-con reluctance to get involved in this mess is contradictory with their zeolous supporting for bringing Wilsonian democracy to hell holes like Iraq. Aren't they the ones who are always telling us that the "everybody can have a democracy."

[AfghanIraqVeteran]

Looks like Haiti could use a new president. Lets send'em good 'ol Billy.

[Calvin Locke]

Pope JP2 he ordered all priests out of public office. Mixed blessing. Massachusetts got Barney Frank for Fr. Robert Drinan.

[dinasour]

The Clinton legacy continues, but somehow they'll blame Bush

And they will.

If Bush intervenes it will be another "unilateral attempt at empire building".

If he does nothing, he will be condemned as a racist for failing to help them because they are black.