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To: bobjam
America should strongly look at taking over Haiti and making it a US protectorate

A lot of Haitians would love this. My wife is Haitian and I was there over the Christmas holidays.

Aristide is not at all unpopular with the ordinary people. The middle and upper classes, who are more aware of the corruption and failed socialism, are the ones who want him out now. Like everywhere, the socialist have managed to play the class warfare card to portray Aristide as the "friend of the poor" when he is anything but.

Aristide will be "term limited" in two years. As bad as things may be, Haiti really needs to learn how to change administrations without shooting up the place. Succession by coup always selects for the most brutal of candidates.

10 posted on 02/18/2004 9:41:28 AM PST by dinasour
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To: dinasour
Aristide will be "term limited" in two years.

Methinks Aristide will be "term limited" like Ceaucescu was.

11 posted on 02/18/2004 9:45:14 AM PST by dfwgator
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