Re: [Marxism] re:Peace in Haiti: Pax Americana

["David Quarter" <davidquarter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From:                   "M. Junaid Alam"
<junaidalam@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Well all that aside, what the heck was Aristide doing this whole
time,
> jerking off? Really a pathetic spectacle, he put up _no_
resistance at
> all, not even in rhetoric, and simply fled. Makes Saddam look like
Che
> Guevara.
>


As is obvious by now, the CIA and the U.S. armed forces were
backing the rebels. This means the rebels were definitely better
equipped military than the lightly armed contingent of pro-Aristide
police officers that Aristide had relied on following the first coup
d'etat against him, when he had disbanded the army.

Getting rid of the army is obviously one reason Aristide is gone
from power today but by no means the only reason or the main
reason.

The proximate reason for demise is that, unlike Chavez, Aristide
never had the backing of the working class and poor. Arisite's real
power stemmed from the support he received from the U.S.
govern,ent/elite.

Yet it is obvious by now that having the backing of the majoirty will
by no means guarantee political longevity. The countless  number
of U.S. inspired coups throughout history against popularly elected
Latin America governments attests to this.

Either way, if the U.S. wants a leader gone from the power/a foe
eliminated, there is very little that the targeted person will be able
to do. In exceptional circumstances, they will remain in power
(e.g., Chavez), but more often than not, they will face the same
scenario as Aristide...


Obviously when you aren't inside the trenches, and never have
been or will in all likelihood ever be, you'd hold the misconception
that fighting or even defeating a guerrila army (backed by the most
powerful and ruthless ruling class in the world) is like chain
snatching or taking candy from a child.

When you are sitting behind a computer, this is the type bravado
that might spring to mind.

When, or if, you ever experience a situation where you are utterly
immasculated, for example, have a gun pointed to your head and
threatened with severe injury or death,

you'll realize that *there is no line of defense* that you or Lennox
Lewis or Tito Ortix for that matter will be able muster up when
under attack by the most powerful army in the world...

DOQ






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