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To: TimF who wrote (184467)	3/10/2004 2:51:32 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573092

Tim, re: That was 2000. Since then his popularity has taken a nose dive. Did you see a poll? There are a lot of people that dispute how far Aristede's popularity had declined. re: Would you have supported armed intervention to keep Aristide in power? Yes. He was the elected leader of a democracy 650 miles from Miami, overthown by a combination of thugs and assasins. Some reporters say that the "insurgents" were armed and encouraged by the US. Certainly they were supported by the light skinned Haitian ruling class, a very small minority. Instead, we told both sides that we wouldn't interfer unless there was a "political agreement". That was essentially a green light to the insurgents to do their will, secure that we wouldn't defend Aristede. John