Congressional Black Caucus: Bush Helped Rebels oust Aristide

The Hill ^ | 2 March 2004 | Hans Nichols

[ravingnutter]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said, “Had peacekeepers been sent earlier, a political settlement that better respected the results of the last democratic election with less bloodshed and chaos could have been achieved.”

But Nancy, didn't we have to wait on the UN approval prior to our going in? If we had gone in without the UN approval, you would have been screaming about unilateral actions again...

''[The president] has pursued a go-it-alone foreign policy that leaves us isolated abroad...'' said Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California in her response to the state of the union address. ''He failed to build a true international coalition.''

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I especially like this excerpt:

So why was bypassing the U.N. a good thing in the case of Kosovo, but a bad thing in the case of Iraq? Democrats need to answer that question if they want to argue the United States must obtain a permission slip from the United Nations before taking action to protect itself, or to prevent genocide.

[sinclair]

The United Nations should be relocated to Haiti

The United Nations should be relocated to Haiti

The United Nations should be relocated to Haiti

The United Nations should be relocated to Haiti

The United Nations should be relocated to Haiti

The United Nations should be relocated to Haiti

The United Nations should be relocated to Haiti

The United Nations should be relocated to Haiti

[caisson71]

The Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and all the "Give me more money because I'm Black" crowd has done absolutely nothing about Haiti and the dismal poverty in that nation, ever. They did nothing about the increasing unrest in that country or providing leadership to help aleviate the poverty and lack of hope for people of Haiti. Boatload after boatload of Haitians escaping to America didn't move them. Now, for political advantage - bash Bush -they criticize President Bush for doing something - allowing Aristide to leave with his head attached to his shoulders. Their political dishonesty is again very obvious and just as sickening.

[Arpege92]

"Black law makers said the White House must prove that Aristide was not kidnapped."

Bull_hit! We live in a democratic society and a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty. If these Black Law Makers are accusing the White House of a crime, then they'd better have the proof to back it up with. Otherwise, the White House should just tell these morons to go straight to hell or get themselves a good lawsuit lawyer and sue the crap out of them.

[cubreporter]

Ignore them. They are a joke and this will show them for sure as thoroughly laughable.

[68skylark]

No one is bothered about a double post, friend. And I hope I didn't sound snippy about it -- that wasn't my intention.

Usually I just type a key word from the headline of an article, like "Aristide" or "Rebels," into the search box, to see if the article has already been posted. Seems to work okay. Your mileage may vary.

Regards.

[scott7278]

Speechless Ping!

[FairOpinion]

"They demanded conclusive evidence that the Haitian leader — whose 2000 election victory was internationally condemned as fraudulent — was not forced out at gunpoint."

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They seem to have it backwards. How about they produce "conclusive evidence" about their allegations?