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03/01/2004 Archived Entry: "Haiti: US-backed coup?"
Haiti: US-backed coup?
CNN has Randall Robinson, former president of TransAfrica, giving the story in great detail about how Arisitede was abducted by 20 US soldiers in full battle gear, and how he is currently being held in Africa in a small room with a smuggled cell phone.
These charges are explosive. Blitzer is being his typical Bush-apologist self, but this guy Robinson is calling him on it bigtime. The State Department see his charges as enough of a threat to have just issued a formal denial of the charges.
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Who really cares? Arisitede is save somewhere outside Haiti. The world will find out just how good this President after the truth comes out. Where there violations of Human Rights? If there were, then perhaps the UN and the US had no other recourse than to get Ari out of there. Of course, the democrats will say this action is wrong because they seem anti-human rights lately - look at Iraq.
Posted by dickmorr2 @ 03/01/2004 12:58 PM NY
If my country was involved in overthrowing a democratically-elected government in this hemisphere, you bet I care - as will many ohters.
As for being anti-human rights - blow it out your ass. The Bush administration has trampled more human rights than any 10,000 Democrats I know.
Take the blinders off and take a look at what the government's doing in your name. It ain't pretty, and it isn't legal, either.
Posted by editor @ 03/01/2004 01:32 PM NY
hate to say i told you so:
"id bet even money that bush isnt thinking of helping aristede, my money is that hes going to help the radical right wing rebels that are causing the problem.
you do have a point though, the monroe doctrine would frown upon a european power interfering in the western hemisphere. after all, according to the prevailing US policy, we own all of south america and the carribean anyway
Posted by justin @ 02/19/2004 12:51 PM NY"
and now, surprise, surprise. Bush has taken out aristede, and the streets are red with blood, and packed with looters. yet another example in a long string of horribly failed US foriegn policy. I love the fact that we are supposedly all for democracy in the middle east, but we are terrified of democracy in the carribean, or especially south america. did you hear the phone call from the black congresswoman, i cant remember her name, maxine something... any way, when the congress is calling it a US backed coup, you can bet that is an understatement. i wish i were old enough to remember what it was like to be proud of my country, but then i guess i would have to be at least 60
Posted by justin @ 03/01/2004 02:07 PM NY
Both the NYT and CNN (scroll only; the main screen is covering important Martha Stewart/Kobe Bryant developments) put Arisitede in Central African Republic...but give no source.
Reuters seems to be the only one with a stringer on the ground who at least claims to have seen them arrive.
Somehow it seems odd that he and whatever family went with him (wife and "three unidentified Haitians" per Reuters) just had themselves and their luggage deposited on the tarmac at Bangui Airport with a cheerful "Thank you for flying CIA Air" and the plane taxied away for takeoff again?
But Bush got woken up in the night! for this so we know it is personally important to him. *ptooey*
Posted by Xan @ 03/01/2004 02:27 PM NY
Arrggghhh! Justin, you're disintegrating before my very eyes! Misspelled words, no punctuation, or improper sentence structure, what went wrong? Did you have a bad weekend? Clean it up.
Posted by Stentor @ 03/01/2004 04:19 PM NY
as i said, your welcome to come discuss this with me (and whatever club like object i have on hand at the time) whenever you wish. dont confuse my political pacifism for personal weakness. i think i may stop spell checking any of my posts just to piss you off from now on
Posted by justin @ 03/01/2004 04:31 PM NY
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if your reading comprehension is so low that a little missed punctuation prevents you from understanding what i am saying, than i suppose there is no point in talking to you to begin with
Posted by justin @ 03/01/2004 04:43 PM NY
it's my language as much as yours, and i will do with it whatever i wish
Posted by justin @ 03/01/2004 04:44 PM NY
Jesus, Stentor give it a rest. who cares what justin does, you can still read it.
Posted by lily @ 03/01/2004 09:05 PM NY
diversionary technique
Posted by djdissent @ 03/01/2004 09:29 PM NY
Just tell us something, Scotty:
Where is Aristide? When can we talk to him?
Later,
Posted by DaddyO @ 03/01/2004 10:07 PM NY
Didn't you catch my post from Friday?
It was:
Not to change the subject, but I came across this link
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040227-055619-8595r
Wasn't it just a few days ago that the Administration was saying that they were supporting the democratically elected government of Haiti? Did I miss something between then and now?
Posted by Demeur @ 02/28/2004 02:10 AM NY
Posted by Demeur @ 03/02/2004 05:16 AM NY
Just for Justin. Punctuation can be the make or break in understanding the written words. Also the coincident misspelling may suggest something completely different.
That study has its merit in a colloquial easy speak, not in detailed information dissemination.
Posted by xxein @ 03/02/2004 07:43 PM NY
