Reply #57: I love this from that article

[Bacchus39]

even with the spin it proves my point.

"When Aristide asked for American protection as the rebel gang closed in on the capital, Bush refused.

Instead, Aristide was told by armed American gunmen that if he didn't resign, he would be left to die at the hands of the rebels. Then he was bundled onto a waiting plane and dumped in the middle of Africa."


even though this article is a mess. this portion caught my eye and I have seen it before. in other words, Aristide was begging the US to come and protect him. The US refused. also, fully consistent with my position, if Aristide stayed he would have died at the hands of the rebels. Aristide knew that.

no-one was there to protect him. So you tell me, was Aristide's rescue from Haiti anything more than that??

and the textile issue is bunk. Haiti does not play on the international stage. It is too small, too unstable, too backward for American businesses to invest there. I already posted that individual factories in China produce more textiles than the entire country of Haiti.

Now on the other hand, a mass migration of Haitians to the US does have consequences. Particularly political consequences since those consequences involve the prized state of Florida.