Reply #51: As to legitimacy, it's good--re Haitian democracy, sovereignty and independence. [View All]

[Peace Patriot]

The Bush Junta thugs thew him out. He was the elected president--elected with a big mandate. It is also good as to social policy. Aristide has ever been the advocate of the poor majority.

But the arrival of "Baby Doc"--which cannot have occurred without U.S. facilitation (no matter what they're saying publicly or in low security cables)--means that the Obama administration will not back the legitimate, elected president and is stoking a civil war instead. Honduras is the template. This administration is carrying out a policy of subjugating Central America and the Caribbean to U.S. multinational corporate/war profiteer interests, with Colombia as the main fascist anchor on the southern rim of this "circle the wagons" area. They are in a battle with the independent countries in this region--those with leftist governments--Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and some of the smaller island countries, with the leftist governments of El Salvador and Guatemala getting severely pressured by the U.S. not to ally with these ALBA countries. Aristide could ally with ALBA. He would be inclined toward independence and certainly toward the social justice policies of the ALBA countries. The U.S.--or rather, the multinational corporate/war profiteer players who are calling the shots on U.S. policy--prefer to work with fascist governments and actively seek installation of fascist leaders, using our tax dollars for this purpose. THEY must think that "Baby Doc" can deliver the slave labor force that they want and will welcome "war on drugs" war profiteering as well. They likely orchestrated this in anticipation of Aristide returning--to prevent Aristide's peaceful return to his rightful position. Aristide could have pulled the country together. He has majority support. He is very popular. He was illegally and wrongfully deprived of his office (--a frigging Blackwater operation!). So, clearly, the U.S. does NOT want, and will not permit, the peaceful pulling of the country together under Aristide. They are fostering a bloodletting INSTEAD and will be operating--most likely sneakily--to insure that the fascists win. That's how I'm seeing this. It is dreadful.