Molly Ivins: Four Wars and a Cloud of Dust

[Dudley_DUright]

Anyone see any reason to think Haiti will be better off without Jean-Bertrand Aristide? Just another little gift from the Bush foreign policy team, straight out of the whacko-right playbook.

Jesse Helms always did think Aristide was another Fidel, not being able to distinguish between a Catholic and a communist. We know the main armed opposition group is a bunch of thugs and that they have been joined by old Duvalierists, including members of the Tonton Macoutes, the infamous torturers.

The Bush administration wanted this to happen -- it held up $500 million worth of humanitarian aid from the United States, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and International Monetary Fund. Without U.S. or multilateral help, the country spiraled downward.

So here we are, reduced to hoping for the best again.

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http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=16525

[AJ BENDER]

1. The Inmates are running the Aslyum

Pretty much sums it up !

[Dudley_DUright]

3. Welcome to DU Bender

Any relation to THE Bender of Futurama fame? :toast:

BTW I like your avatar of my former Boss at the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.

[Lindsay]

2. Molly nails it once again.

Thanks for the link.

[jbfam4]

4. Love that Molly

Quote of the Day


3.2.04
The cost of the war isn't in Bush's budget, even though Bush is blaming his budget deficit on the cost of the war. Honest: War cost is not in there. Bush will ask for another supplemental budget after the election to cover it.
-- Molly Ivins

[sonias]

5. Haiti was Halliburtoned

i.e. ripped off by our government.

Molly says
"Halliburton" is becoming a synonym on the Internet for ripping off the government.

I say it also applies when the bu$h regime steals from another country for whatever nefarious purpose BFEE has. In Iraq it was oil for example. In Venezuela the BFEE also wants to steal the oil. In Haiti only our corrupt regime knows what they want to steal.

Sonia