24268: Morse: (discuss) three week rebellion that ousted.....

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I've seen many articles (AP, Reuters, Miami Herald) written about the  
situation in Haiti, referring to a three week rebellion led by the former 
military, 
which ousted President Aristide. Does anyone else have trouble with  this 
assessment? What about the peaceful demonstrations which started in Cap  
Haitian

a year or two earlier. Not being a journalist or historian, I don't  write 
down Haiti's daily activities, but does anyone else remember  demonstrations 
numbering 100,000 to 200,000 people working their way through the  streets of 
Port-au-Prince? Was it a three week rebellion or did the foreign  press spend 
three weeks in Haiti before Aristide called the American Embassy and  asked to
be 
picked up and taken to the airport? How can I trust the foreign  press on 
stories coming from Iraq or Afghanistan if what I witness here in  Haiti is so 
contrary to what the press reports. I'm not saying that the  army had no impact

on Aristide's departure date but if the army was really  as strong as they are 
pretending to be, they would have gotten rid of Aristide  when the United 
Nations originally left back in 1996 or '97.   
Personally, though I have yet to see signs of it, I believe that Haiti will  
rise above its current divisions, black against mulatto, Arab isolationists  
and monopolists versus everyone else, schooled versus unschooled, Protestants  
attacking Catholics attacking Vodouisants, French speakers versus Creole  
speakers, military versus anyone who wants a different system, and of  course
rich 
versus poor. 
I came back after being away from Carnival and people were saying things  
like, <yeah, we're going to kill people who don't agree with us, pick your  
sides!!> and the Nouvelliste was talking about the success of Carnival.  
Associating killing with success is not the road we should be on.
Richard Morse