tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post8761639576439132800..comments2024-03-28T09:38:52.661-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: Child Slaves in Haitithwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-88675565071335141662009-12-29T08:41:41.021-05:002009-12-29T08:41:41.021-05:00NoBlah,
Thanks for the link. It's truly nause...NoBlah,<br /><br />Thanks for the link. It's truly nauseating what is going on. It's all part of the naked contempt for democracy that our elites exhibit on a daily basis. They have as much regard for our own opinions and democratic structures when it comes to challenges to the corporate agenda here.<br /><br />Haiti is a measuring stick to determine just how inhuman their adherence to corporate rule is. How low will they go? How much will they brutalize a people?<br /><br />Sir Francis,<br /><br />There aren't many photo-ops for the harpercon scum. But they're trying. Perhaps I'll make a post of it.<br /><br />Kevin Pina in the link NoBlah, provided says imagine the hue and cry if Hugo Chavez did to his opposition what the UN and our puppet-government are doing to Lavalas.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-85562704070736736232009-12-28T23:36:44.749-05:002009-12-28T23:36:44.749-05:00Thwap:
I blogged about this outrage last year. I...Thwap:<br /><br /><br />I blogged about this outrage <a href="http://dredtory.blogspot.com/2008/04/canadas-little-known-war-on-behalf-of.html" rel="nofollow">last year</a>. I planned to do an update but never got around to it. <br /><br />Most Canadians have no idea we're even in Haiti, and we needn't wonder why our governmental-military elites aren't eager to promote our efforts there: I guess there's not much partisan mileage to be gotten from a photo-op of Harper or MacKay doing a grinning "thumbs-up" in front of some Haitian slum kids eating their breakfast mud-pies. <br /><br />NBBB:<br /><br />What the Allies did in West Germany and Japan wasn't really nation-building; the Germans and Japanese already <i>had</i> nations, each with its own democratic tradition (though relatively new). It was <i>reconstruction</i>, with the Marshall Plan providing the necessary financial assistance and the Germans and Japanese doing the logistical, civic and governmental heavy lifting on their own. In fact, it was the Allies' hands-off approach (especially in Japan) to which much of the Plan’s success was owed.Sir Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052750849770350973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-72584606957973080462009-12-28T14:59:34.532-05:002009-12-28T14:59:34.532-05:00Even Aristide's party, Fanmi Lavalas, isn'...Even Aristide's <i>party</i>, Fanmi Lavalas, isn't allowed to participate in elections according to a ruling by the Provisional Election Council. This ruling came due to Lavalas supposedly failing to meet undefined "legal requirements". <br /><br />http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2227/51/<br /><br />Dysfunctional "democracy"/puppet dictator in power? Check. Humanitarian crisis? Check. Sounds like the standard "national building" template used by the U.S. and its allies. <br /><br />Strangely, the only successful national building exercises were West Germany and Japan after WWII due to the U.S. needing allies that were actually able to stand on their own feet to contain the Soviet Union. Clearly the U.S. is able to do it properly when they need real, not paper, tigers.no_blah_blah_blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487214918800237116noreply@blogger.com