21513: Esser: Re: 21508: Kathleen: Re: 21501: Arthur: The MPP and the armed irregular force (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: D. Esser torx@joimail.com

It's interesting you would mention the term revolution in context
with the de facto armed forces, aka irregular armed forces in Haiti.
Political revolution means the replacement of a group of rulers with
another. What you have in Haiti does not easily fit this, because the
ruling classes also called the Haitian elite, have never, even under
Aristide, really been stripped of their power. And who, in Haiti, was
the armed force that was comprised of cowards, tyrants or thieves? I
have personally spoken to Haitian police officers and seen them
working, to lump them all together, while it may be easy, is simply
wrong and arguably the leaders of the Haitian police force were at
least not convicted criminals and human rights abusers. To call
someone a coward because they prefer not to fight a M16 or something
of similar power with a revolver, defies all logic and while
businesses in Haiti may need security guards, as businesses do around
the world, usually they are not referred to as "armed irregulars" to
my knowledge. They have a clear defined objective and don't do
military or police work--neither are they allowed to.

Now--are these armed forces really using MPP buildings? I share
Charles Arthur's curiosity.