12576: July 28, 1915 - July 28, 2003 (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Senou <senou@yahoo.com>

July 28, 1915 –July 28, 2003
Before I start let me share this with you: I took the
oath to this great country last Wednesday. I’m not a
new comer since my ancestors had taken part in the
independence battle of the United States of America.
Go to Savannah, visit the museum you will know about
our contributions. If you know how to dig, you will
see the bone of my grand grandparents in the valley of
Savannah. On September 24, 1779; without the
intervention of my ancestors, the course of the war
could have changed.
The United States of America is a land of opportunity;
if you come down here, play the rules, work hard, do
not follow veteran, save, and stay away from losers
and those who know it all; You will succeed.
The Lavalas and the Convergence had kept the people of
Haiti hostage; today if a foreign troop can get rid of
both to assist the Haitian people I will say Thank You
My Lord. I was not there in 1915, but I heard about
instability, four Governments in two years.
When we commemorate July 28; we shall make sure it
does not happen again but it did take place in 1994
when the legitimate Haitian president had given a
green light for foreign troop to occupy Haiti. We must
take everything into context.
Did I agree then with the U.S. led invasion to return
the legitimate Haitian President? Yes. Today I can
tell you if I knew that our effort would be in vain, I
would have said No. Haiti my native country does not
have democracy and Haiti has a long way to go.
What is going on right now in Haiti is purely demagogy
and that’s hurt.
When Dessalines had given order to exterminate the
remaining French in Haiti, at that time, he might
think it was the right thing to do, today we can say
he was wrong. But assume the French were there and the
French army had wanted to comeback to repossess Haiti.
We could have said Dessalines was right. It is
difficult to judge an action 50 or two hundred years
later.

Today who could have imagined seeing people held in
jail indefinitely pending investigation in the United
States.  Who could have thought seeing a congress
voting an anti immigrant bill and nobody complaint
about it.
This is history and 50 to 100 years from now when this
generation is no more, people could wonder what we
were doing?
Today what I see: I see sadness, I see people losing
hope, spirit shattered, I see children dying with
hunger, I see people using starvation for political
gain, I see blaming from both sides; What I see?
Haitian children born today may never go to school if
the situation has not changed, I see children may not
be able to reach their fifth birthday if the situation
has not improved. I see the deterioration of the
infrastructure of a country that used to be “La Perle
des Antilles”. I see trashes everywhere (se sou fatra
moun sa-yo rete). What do I see? oops let me stop.
If a Haitian can use a foreign troop except Dominican
and Bahamian to send the Convergence and the Lavalas
folks to Guantanamo like the Taliban, again I will say
a big Thank you. I can tell you frankly; I do not
appreciate the behavior of the Haitian leaders.
NB: Congratulation the miners have been rescued.
Senou


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