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[novapsyche]

The circumstances of Aristide's departure remain under dispute. Aristide says a huge number of US and Haitian "agents" came to his house and forced him on to a plane that eventually landed in the Central African Republic. The US says Aristide was resigned to exile once it was understood that he could no longer hold on to power, his life was in danger and bloodshed was inevitable. What cannot be seriously contested is that Aristide did not go voluntarily in any meaningful sense, and that the Bush administration was the primary instrument in his removal. It is debatable, yet doubtful, whether the Haitian rebels could have achieved his removal on their own. Whoever the US came into protect, it was not the Haitian people.

The ouster of democracy

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[mazecraft.livejournal.com]

Holy crap that was a scathing editorial! I especially liked this little gem:
Just 48 hours later, after the coup, [Colin Powell] explained why the US had not been prepared to go into Haiti and support "an individual who may have been elected democratically but was not governing effectively or democratically". Were it not for the fact that Aristide has at least won a couple of elections, Powell could have been talking about President Bush.

Ouch!

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Holy crap that was a scathing editorial!

The Guardian is good for that.