a1806: Re: a1805: Re: a1724: (a1720) - The frosting on the cake(fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

FROM: Kevin Pina      <kpinbox@hotmail.com>


The US had no choice but to return Aristide under any circumstance. The
international pressure combined with the fact that the Haitian military was
disintegrating into little drug fiefdoms meant there was little choice. The
US was about to lose its tremendous investment in the institution it
traditionally depended upon to guarantee US foreign policy interests. It was
eating itself from within and was on the verge of collapse due to
internecine contradictions within. Cedras was the mouthpiece, Biamby was in
charge of shipping and transportation, Francois was the muscle and Belaguer,
of the D.R., was the banker. This left everyone else in the command
structure to fight for a piece of the pie. Whereas it is one thing to
control a country by terror it is quite another thing to rule with
longevity.

Also, to discount the resistance of the Haitian people against the military
is convenient to Chamberlain and Walton but flies in the face of reality.
The resistance and fear of a general uprising most definitely played a part
in the decision to intervene.

kp

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