Nine Years After U.S. Military Intervention, Haitians Feel Abandoned by th

[Judi Lynn]

Nine Years After U.S. Military Intervention, Haitians Feel Abandoned by the United States
By Michael Norton Associated Press Writer
Published: Sep 20, 2003


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - When U.S. troops landed in Haiti nine years ago Friday, Kesnel Wilson believed they would help his hapless country recover from years of military-backed rule.

Today, he feels abandoned as he watches U.S. assistance dwindle and his poverty-stricken country sink deeper into despair.

"The United States was right to intervene. But it was wrong to lead us into believing it would help us rebuild our nation," said Wilson, a 43-year-old carpenter in Haiti's crumbling capital.

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide won a landslide victory in 1991 and governed for seven months before the Haitian army ousted him in a bloody coup. Three years later, 20,000 U.S. troops arrived on Sept. 19, restoring Aristide to power and stemming a Haitian exodus. (snip/...)

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA776F8TKD.html

[dArKeR]

1. You haven't connected the dots? Think about colors of skin. Black, dark

or non-white. Then think about Africa and other nations that fit this 'profile'.

[Mika]

4. Think about PAC's. Haitians do not have strong PACs

Its all about money and corruption.

Haitians don't wield any significant political power in the US.

Meanwhile, the USA is spending hundreds of millions of our tax dollars annually to overthrow the Cuban system of government, which has created universal health care and universal education systems according to the will of the people, that Haitians (and people from all over the Americas) would give their 'left one' to have access to.

Why so much against Cuba and so little for Haiti?

graph from www.opensecrets.org


The US political parties milk the monied Cuban-America PACs and the pro trade agri PACs for all they can by maintaining the standoff between the two countries. One way to maintain the Miamicuban "exiles" financial support for political campaigns is to pour millions of taxpayer dollars into the pockets of hundreds of "free Cuba" exile run foundations.

Cubans that arrive in the US illegally are granted a host of immigration perks by the US Cuban Adjustment Act.

Haitians that arrive in the US illegally are incarcerated until their deportation.


Haitians do arrive in Cuba on overloaded boats, but Cuba doesn't incarcerate them prior to their immigration hearing like the USA does. In Cuba, Haitian refugees have more immigration rights than they do in the US. There is a significant Haitian refugee community in Cuba.



A common refrain heard in Miami's Haitian community when discussing Caribbean politics (although it is whispered because of fear of reprisal from Miami's radical Cuban "exile" elements) is "in Haiti, we would welcome ten Castro's in place of one Aristide".

[izzie]

2. I think I read we were in 50 plus countries? Does anyone know?

:silly:

[dArKeR]

3. 100% on more than 100. I heard that on Whore CNN and then I read it

some place too. (Troops in more than 100 countries. CIA assassins and DOD advisers not included.)