Desta vez Bush de braço dado com Dominique de Villepin?
Bush Backs Global Police Force for Haiti: "WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) said Wednesday the United States supports the creation of an international security presence in Haiti to maintain order if a political settlement is reached. France's foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, went a step further, saying such a force should be established immediately so it can get to work quickly once a government of national unity is formed. "
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Ivan Eland: Avoid the Temptation to Meddle in Haiti
During the 20th century, the United States repeatedly has been deeply involved Haiti’s affairs. For example, in 1915 and 1916, to keep the Germans out and help fulfill his promise to teach Latin American countries “to elect good men,” Woodrow Wilson ordered the occupation of Haiti. The United States governed Haiti for 19 years but was not a good teacher. A nationalist protest against the U.S. occupation and a massacre of such protestors by the U.S. Marines eventually led to a U.S. withdrawal in 1934 (some U.S. financial control remained until 1947). After the pull-out, a series of corrupt and authoritarian presidents ruled the country. In 1957, the even more oppressive Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier came into power and used his secret police to terrorize the country until 1971, when he died. His despotic son, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier ruled until 1986.
In 1994, a flood of poor Haitian refugees began arriving on U.S. shores in makeshift boats. Then-President Clinton realized that this flow would not be popular in Florida. Under the justification of restoring the ousted democratically-elected Jean-Bertrand Aristide, he therefore assembled a U.S. military force offshore that threatened to invade Haiti if the dictatorial regime of Raoul Cedras did not leave power. That rhetoric was hypocritical because the United States had previously undermined Haiti’s nascent democracy after the 1990 election and then restored Aristide in 1994 only after he agreed to adopt policies of the U.S.-backed candidate in the 1990 elections, who had received only 14 percent of the vote.
Of course, the wealthy United States could have assimilated those refugees without threatening a potential invasion of Haiti, but that was a politically unacceptable solution. The threat worked and the Cedras regime departed without the need for a U.S. attack. A great victory was declared for human rights and democracy. (...)"
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