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2004-02-13 Caribbean-Latin America

Baffling us all, US rejects Haiti âregime changeâ

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Posted by Super Hose 2004-02-13 1:06:46 PM|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 SH - Perhaps this should be titled, "Beeb Attempt at Snarky Double-Entendres Falls Flat On Its Ass" - whaddya think? Boob, pfeh. Aristide, pfeh.

Posted by .com 2004-2-13 1:59:40 PM|| 2004-2-13 1:59:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, he couldn't very well just come out and admit that nobody really gives a shit who runs Haiti, could he? But after all, it IS Haiti.

Maybe we could get the Dominicans to help out?

Posted by mojo 2004-2-13 2:13:23 PM|| 2004-2-13 2:13:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 .com, the "baffling us all" part is mine. I don't understand why we would want Aristide in power, or how his elections could be thought to be more legitimate than Georgia's. Maybe we are honoring some kind of three-strike principle.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-13 2:14:54 PM|| 2004-2-13 2:14:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 SH, it's simple. Aristide is bad, but who do you replace him with? From what I read today, we're talking about providing transport for some cops. Fine, but that's as far as it should go. We're busy right now and there really is no good solution that I can think of to this problem.

Posted by Steve 2004-2-13 2:21:16 PM|| 2004-2-13 2:21:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 SH - I wasn't criticizing your headline, heh, just making fun of the article (which I read and found to be possibly pregnant with their idea of subtle double-entendre...) and the Boob.

Aristide was elected, and Haiti is one of the cornerstones of the Clintonian Presidency's Incredible Success Story - Kosovo being the other, I think. Or was it the capture and rehabilitation of OBL? So many successes, I get confused. Help me out, here, guys...

Posted by .com 2004-2-13 2:54:10 PM|| 2004-2-13 2:54:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Haiti was a French colony, so they will fix it, like they did with the Ivory Coast, non?

Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-2-13 5:01:20 PM|| 2004-2-13 5:01:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Mr. Davis, seriously, do you think that is why Powell is talking to Canada. Quebec French and Hatian French are probably quite dissimular, but may be close enough to allow French-Canadian troops/police to patrol in a simular fashion to the British in Northern Ireland. I would hate doing crowd control in a country where communication with the local population was through sign-language only.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-13 5:19:49 PM|| 2004-2-13 5:19:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Last year my son made a report in school on Haiti, which was the country selected for him. We first went to the CIA website with the summary on Haiti. Big depression set it. Maybe more hope of improvement than Chechnia, but I cannot supply you any backup to that statement. *sigh*

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-2-13 5:24:06 PM|| 2004-2-13 5:24:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 What the CIA website for Haiti should have had this for its listing:

Haiti: Mostly Useless.

(Hehe sorry for the rip from Doug Adams).

Posted by Valentine 2004-2-13 8:40:17 PM|| 2004-2-13 8:40:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Regime change? What the hell difference would it make?

Posted by tu3031 2004-2-13 10:18:52 PM|| 2004-2-13 10:18:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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