23609: Walton: RE: 23570: radtimes: Why the U.S. fears the spirit of Dessaline s (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: "Walton, Robert" <robert.walton3@us.army.mil>

If you are a fan of Dessalines, perhaps you should read the portion of a
Hait Country study at URL  http://countrystudies.us/haiti/11.htm  The
compete country study is well worth the read for those who desire background
on Haiti's social, governmental and political history.  Papa Doc was also
"democratically elected."

IMHO, Haitians should also "fear his spirit."

Extract- "The voracious appetites of his ruling clique apparently left
little or nothing in the treasury for military salaries and provisions.
Although reportedly aware of discontent among the ranks, Dessalines made no
effort to redress these shortcomings. Instead, he relied on the same
iron-fisted control with which he kept rural laborers in line. ....Under
Dessalines the Haitian economy had made little progress despite the
restoration of forced labor."

Bob Walton