28965: Rob (reply) RE Nat commen: 28942: RV (comment) The Dominique case and selective memory (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Rob 6969 <liberalproject@hotmail.com>

This is only noise that was made at the time on progaganda websites such as the 
NCHR and Haiti Democracy Project. These are preposterous organizations that 
have have clearly shown their incapacity to be fair players over the last 2 
years. Let justice do its job and justice is improving dramatically in Haiti 
now under Preval.
The real question that has to be asked is why would Aristide have Dominique 
killed?
The dominique saga was the first big story used by Amnesty, RSF and the press 
to go full force against Lavalas and Aristide. The film the Agronomist was also 
one of the main propaganda tools against Aristide at least on this side of the 
ocean. The film portrays Aristide as a shady character who was behind the 
murder. The argument is that Aristide did not like the interview he had with 
Jean Dominique who challenged him a bit to much about gros mangeurs etc..It 
might not have been the intent of the filmmaker but anybody who watched the 
film in the US and Europe got out of the film thinking that Aristide was behind 
the murder.  This is a pitty because the interview is about 2  minutes in the 
film and was rather candide and the responses of Aristide were not angry at 
all. Te film is an homage of Jean Dominique and should not be taken as a final 
trial for Aristide’s responsibility at all. Aristide has had a fair amount of 
much more agressive interviews in his life since he entered the political 
scene. Why would Aristide a big admirer and friend of Dominique have had Jean 
Dominique killed? Dominique was attacking everything Aristide was fighting 
against and so it seems to me that If Aristide had the power to order 
assassinations at the time he would have gone first against his real ennemies 
and not Jean Dominique. Why don’t we let justice do its job and stopp throwing 
accusations around. If some on this list really believe that Aristide is behind 
the murder then they should want him back home to face justice and be judged if 
necessary. If Aristide had something to hide I don’t think he would be so 
insisting on going back home. I believe that justice will prevail at the end.
I recommend the great book of Hyppolite Pierre (probably the best book I have 
read lately). I don’t agree on everything he says but he has in my view the 
most sensible approach on the issue of “ exiled leaders” Aristide and his 
possible return. Page 299
Here it is:
http://www.univpress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0761833692