52% in poll of Haitians say Aristide must stay (Haitians in US)

Boston Globe ^ | February 20, 2004 | Monica Rhor

[sarcasm]

By 4 p.m. Saturday, more than 600 Haitian-Americans had passed through the doors of Temple Salem Seventh Day Adventist Church to pray for their homeland, where armed rebels have tried to wrest control of the government from President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

[backhoe]

"It is not that they like him necessarily, but because he was elected," Omeler said. "We have not had a chance to elect presidents in Haiti, and they feel he should finish his term."

Hope I'm not being hypersensitive, but Shades of the Clinton impeachment!

Cross-link:

-Haiti, descending into chaos again--

[OldFriend]

Send these Aristed supporters down to Haiti to defend their glorious leader.

[Catspaw]

backhoe, I know you've been following the situation in Haiti much more closely than I have been. Can you tell me who the rebels are? Do they have any particular ideology? Where are they getting their money from? Do they have the backing of other groups/countries?

I'm concerned that may turn out like Castro in the 50's--he was portrayed as a hero until he took over and announced he was a communist. I don't want to be lead down the wrong path again.

[backhoe]

Honestly, I have just been scanning this stuff & linking it- I am not sure there is a "good guy" among all these groups.

[Catspaw]

I am not sure there is a "good guy" among all these groups

That's what I seem to be getting, too.