20054: Re: 20038: Nealy: RE: 20030: Esser: Sparring over Aristide's fall (R. Singh... (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: DougRHess@aol.com

>>The one key factor curiously omitted from this account of Caricom's "peace
plan" was that the Haitian "opposition" which had to accept the proposal,
flatly rejected it and insisted on Aristide's resignation, thereby dooming
the proposal (as most could have predicted). The omission made it look as
though the US, France, and OAS rejected the plan by their sudden
intervention. Duhh. It was dead.

Let's get at least the main facts straight!!<<

I think it is possible that the initial rejection by the opposition was not
the end point for the proposal. The situation was, most proximally, created by
the actions of the violent few in the coordinated rebellion (joined by some
more in independent actions in the space the chaos created). That the opposition
took advantage of this to advance their caus (formation of a new government)
is something I think many would find disconcerning. It can hardly be called
democratic. Some reports indicate that the opposition might have fractured on
this issue had the US and France pressured them to accept and not Aristide to
resign. Regardless of the justice of the outcome, that is the path the US and
France chose.

I hope others on the list agree that lots of exclamation marks and statements
like "Duhh" generally don't improve the level of debated.



Doug Hess
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