[Captain Kirk]

Yes, Paul lied but so did Fred about Aristide. Paul has apolgoized for his lie but Fred hasn’t. Please note that Paul apologized in 2001 when he didn’t have to. If want to destroy Paul, fine, but your moral obligation is clear. You have to do the same or worse to Fred.

[mnehring]

Fred didn’t lie. He stated he lobbied for the purpose of trade restrictions due to the coup. The signed statement said it was on behalf of Aristide. They are not contradictory. As the elected representative of the country it would be the US Policy to support the democratically elected government over the marxist coup.

Trade is an aspect of that. Supporting and lobbying for US trade policy regarding whom we trade with isn’t a blind support directly for a specific representative.

Maybe I need to dumb it for Captian Kirk. Just because you believe in the right to transport down to a planet doesn’t mean your supporting that right also defines you support Scotty.