A Welcoming Committee for Aristide

REVIEW & OUTLOOKFEBRUARY 5, 2011.A Welcoming Committee for Aristide
How the U.S. can really help Haiti..

The news this week that Haiti may issue a new diplomatic passport to former president Jean Bertrand Aristide is rattling Haitian democrats, and understandably so. That tortured nation is already nervously awaiting a legal resolution of the November presidential election that the Organization of American States says was riddled with government-sponsored fraud. The last thing Haiti needs is the return of a tyrant whose stock-in-trade was sowing violence.

But there's a silver lining: The journey from South Africa, where Mr. Aristide now lives, to Haiti presents the U.S. with an opportunity to revisit allegations about his honesty when governing Haiti in the 1990s and early 2000s. Mr. Aristide was removed from power in a military coup in 1991 and restored to the Haitian presidency in 1994 by President Bill Clinton. In 2004 a popular rebellion finally brought down his regime, and he may have been killed if not for U.S. help in fleeing the country.

In 2005 the interim Haitian government of Gerard Latortue filed a civil suit in U.S. federal court against Mr. Aristide and eight other defendants alleging, among other things, that he had "encouraged, protected, participated in and profited from illegal drug trafficking in and through Haiti." The complaint relied heavily on the testimony of busted drug traffickers, who claimed that Mr. Aristide was the don of Haitian organized crime. The suit was withdrawn in 2006 when René Preval took office, but the allegations are still a matter of public record.

U.S. officials are saying that a decision to allow Mr. Aristide to return is up to Haiti. But if the U.S. wants to spare that Caribbean country from Mr. Aristide's further depredations, it should investigate the allegations with an eye for filing charges if warranted. Mr. Aristide should not be immune from U.S. laws any more than Manuel Noriega was in Panama.


The Wall Street Journal.

Wou bliye di ke se The Wall Street Journal ki se pi gran jounal nan peyi Etazini. Angiz pou w kritike medium nan, kritike sa yo ekri an. Di pouki ke w pa dakò.

Mwen ta renmen konnen si se Aristide an pèsòn k ap ekri sou non Joel sa a? Paske mwen pa kwè ke menm manman oubyen madanm Aristide ap genyen kè pou blayi odas sa a nan figi moun.

U.S. officials are saying that a decision to allow Mr. Aristide to return is up to Haiti. But if the U.S. wants to spare that Caribbean country from Mr. Aristide's further depredations, it should investigate the allegations with an eye for filing charges if warranted. Mr. Aristide should not be immune from U.S. laws any more than Manuel Noriega was in Panama.

Editorial saa se yon opinion personel ki pa reprezante poin de vi WSJ!
Editoryal sa montre ignorans anpil media ki pa konnen Aristide ni peyi Dayiti.

Pa gen konparezon ant General Noriega ke arme ameriken te rantre Panama mete anba kod e Aristide jiska prezan yo pa fouti jwen anyen kont li!

Konnen si se pa yon rapèl ke yo vle bay Tutus ki ap pran pòz tire pye l kote ke li ye an. Yo pa genyen anyen kont li? Hum! ...pa kouri pale Revelation, wou kouri ekri tout sa ki sòt nan lespri w san ke w pa reflechi.

Monchè Joel ou wè koze a klè! Mwenmenm toutotan se WSJ, Ku Klux Klan, ak lot bizawèl ak tatawèl Jesse Helms yo ki ap choute sou Aristide, misye te mèt di ayibobo pou yo. Gen nèg ki si tèlman dezespere nan bezwen pou yo alimante rayisab ki nan kè yo pou grenn Ayisyen sa a, yo pare pou yo voye monte nenpot ki salopri.

Pou yon moun nwa ki pa ap konsome dwog, WSJ pa bon pou siye bounda. Se la tout dènye kras reyaksyonè geri bosko yo. Soti sou kiben rasis ki Miami yo, rive sou desandan wa ak rèn monachi ewopeyen yo. 100% salopri!

Jaf

Qu'il est facile de s'attaquer au messager au leiu de porter un dementi formel a son message. Wall Street Journal n'a pas invente les accusations qu'il a porte concernant l'ancien pretre de Saint Jean Bosco. N'a t-il pas commendite des crimes crapuleux, des milices privees, des detournements des fonds publics en Haiti durant son administration? N'avait il pas eu un discour bagarreur incitant ses chimeres a la violence? L'ancien prophete des sans voix n'est modele qu'a ses pairs et ses fanatiques aveugles. Ils sont plus aveugles que Ti Pierre, l'ancien eleve de l'ecole Saint Vincent, qu'ils avient sacrifie manu militari sans aucune raison valable! Meme avec un passeport diplomatique je doute encore que celui qui a trahi la cause populaire acceptera de retourner en Haiti. Et on est a se demander quelle forme d'education que ce celebre renegat des bidonvilles pourra inculquer a nos jeunes! J'aimerais qu'il retourne chez lui, etant humaniste, je n'aimerais pas que ses yeux se ferment de la lumiere etincellante des consequences de ses abus de confiance, ses crimes de haute trahison et ses bavures en Haiti qu'il professe encore sa foi!

Thunder a écrit:Wou bliye di ke se The Wall Street Journal ki se pi gran jounal nan peyi Etazini. Angiz pou w kritike medium nan, kritike sa yo ekri an. Di pouki ke w pa dakò.

Mwen ta renmen konnen si se Aristide an pèsòn k ap ekri sou non Joel sa a? Paske mwen pa kwè ke menm manman oubyen madanm Aristide ap genyen kè pou blayi odas sa a nan figi moun.

AA WI ou gen dwa ekri tout kalite rans sou ARISTIDE,de bagay ki pafwa pa gen ni pye ni tèt;depi y ap di w sa w ap di an se pa sa ;moun lan te gentan fanatik.
Poutan ,pa genyen moun ki pi fanatik ke wou;se yon obsesyon ou genyen ak ARISTIDE.

Ou paka montre m WSJ;se pa sou entènèt mwen kòmanse li WSJ.
Gen 2 WSJ;gen WSJ ki bay nouvèl sou biznis;gen paj editoryal WSJ lan ;ki dekriye ,ki tankou JAF di l ,konparab ak yon jounal KKK.

Se milye iltra konsèvatè yo ki pran paj editoryal WSJ lan oserye.

Di m non! Se ki medya pou m kwè? Democracy Now?

Se konsa nou ye menm, bann fanatik kòryas sa yo, depi yon medya denonse nou, li te gen tan genyen tout defo.

Mwen sonje jan ke w te konn ap repete ke depi NY Times di yon bagay se te lò, paske yo te rapòte sa Dean Curran te di sou kesyon 2004 lan. Men apre sa mwen te montre yon atik ke yo te ekri sou Aristide tou, depi lè wou pa janm repete sa ankò.

Se mès nou menm, tout moun ki denonse zak nou se dyab, se rasis, se fachis... Alò, se pou tout moun, tankou nou, te ouvè gagann yo pou bwè posyon Sò Ann nan? Non! Nou pa ka bafwe tout moun.

Pinga mwen wè ke atik sa a ralanti fo devosyon ki te genyen pou Aristide tounen an non. Si tout sa ke WSJ di an se manti, ti saa pa ka mete baton nan wou nou. Mwen pran ti chèz ba m pou m swiv. Mwen ta byen renmen ke l tounen, konsa tout pawòl anpil va fini.