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To: E. T. who wrote (216682)	1/10/2002 1:16:09 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I guess you forget that Indonesia was the second most important source of Clinton's illegal campaign funds. Clinton's ties to the Indonesian dictator go back to his days in Arkansas. Clinton even sent US personal to train his shock troups. >>Carter was Clinton's emissary to Haiti, and it was his negotiations that led to a peaceful transition of power in that country. Remember, no loss of America life, that's got to count for something. As for Haiti - what a joke. Another huge Clinton failure. There is no actual democracy - unless you consider fraudulent elections to be democracy - and after $billions spent there in nothing to show for it. Aristide proved to be worse than what was there before.

To: E. T. who wrote (216682)	1/10/2002 1:52:23 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

>>Carter was Clinton's emissary to Haiti, and it was his negotiations that led to a peaceful transition of power in that country. Remember, no loss of America life, that's got to count for something. Even the Clinton regime said the May 2000 elections were total fraud. As for the last prez election in November 2000, the US, the Organization of American States and the European Community boycotted it because Aristede and his minions made sure there is no functioning democracy in Haiti. Aristede stole the election with 92% of the vote, which was universally condemned as total fraud. Last year, however, Aristide went too far even for Washington. On May 21st, the people of Haiti went to the polls in record numbers to elect virtually everyone but the president. The nation’s Senate and Assembly as well as almost all local officials ran in elections overseen by a commission controlled by Aristide’s allies. During the campaign, opposition candidates were targeted for intimidation, but on Election Day things really got out of hand. Police stormed polling places, seized ballot boxes and replaced them with pre-stuffed boxes thoughtfully provided by the government. The election was a joke. Even the head of the Lavalas-controlled election commission refused to certify the results. He has since fled the country. International observers labeled it a fraud and urged action. Without flinching, however, the government announced that all the Lavalas candidates had won (most by more than 90 percent) and would assume office throughout Haiti. The international community led by the Organization of American States and the United States demanded new elections and cut off aid. Their position was that there had to be new elections unless Haiti wanted to risk becoming a pariah state. The government thumbed its nose at all this and went on to hold a presidential election in November to allow Aristide to retake the presidency. Everyone objected. The opposition and the Haitian population boycotted the November 26th election. Turnout was less than 3 percent and most of those who voted actually worked for the government. Aristide was, of course, elected and took office over international protests, but the Clinton administration decided the whole thing was legal because people “could have” voted if they had wanted to do so and the opposition parties “could have” run a candidate against him if they had chosen to do so. Besides, as a U.S. official told me, there is no evidence that Aristide did anything untoward on Election Day.... ...Last week, Aristide’s police again began tossing his political opponents into jail. The excuse is that several police stations were raked by gunfire in what the regime describes as an attempted coup. The resulting crackdown is being justified as necessary to protect Haiti’s fragile democracy. The United States protested and our ambassador told me that, while we don’t know exactly who fired on the police facilities, we do know that it wasn’t the opposition. At least Aristide must read history, because the attacks were a sort of minor league Reichstag fire designed to justify an assault on his critics. But no one in Haiti is buying Aristide’s story. In fact, it appears that whatever popular support he once enjoyed is vanishing. He trusts no one. In fact, after a widely publicized visit with Castro, he returned with a new all-Cuban security team to protect him from his own people. So today, Bill Clinton’s advertisement for democracy in Haiti can’t even find a dozen or so of his countrymen to man a security detail. He may be a despot, but he’s no fool. He knows that he’s safer with Fidel and the boys from Metallin than he is with his fellow Haitians. conservative.org