anticolonialist,

Who will the US install?

Rapidcreek,

The Caribbean leaders named an interim government.

anticolonialist,

That’s what the US claimed in 1973 when they installed Pinochet

Rapidcreek,

Caribbean leaders met in special session in Jamaica and came up with this one plan. Haiti has not strategic revelance for the US, except its a neighbor. Quit trying to equate things that happened in the bad old 60s. It’s boring.

anticolonialist, (edited )

I’m equating the US Dept of State under Hillary Clinton undermining wage increases so they can help protect capital and it’s profits in Haiti

Rapidcreek,

So nonsense

saltesc,

lol. Good job.

Maybe a little late and out of touch with the reality of the current situation… But also maybe it has relevance to mean something and speed up regional peace.

A fart in a blizzard is still a fart, I guess…

Zombiepirate,
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I hope the Haitian people can make some peace. There’s not many on Earth who were dealt as bad a hand as them.

Rapidcreek,

Very true. If they didn’t have bad luck, they’d have no luck at all.

ours,

No bad luck needed when the World turned on them when they won their freedom. It may no longer be the case but such a scar leaves long lasting effects.

Rapidcreek,

They had bad luck choosing leaders. They had bad luck with the earthquake. The UN and US has come to their rescue many times.

girlfreddy,
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The US previously invaded Haiti in 1915, then intercedes in 1994, after a miltary coup in 1991, and reinstalls a former President (Aristide). Notably they did nothing to help Haiti when Papa and Baby Doc Duvalier were murdering thousands under their dictatorships.

America has only been hands-off when it suited their needs.

Rapidcreek,

America has only been hands-off when it suited their needs.

Sure, let’s forget a 9.0 earthquake when US doctors flew into help, a US warship was floated into the harbor to provide water. US troops came to help. It was all because it suited US needs…

anticolonialist,

The US offers nothing that doesn’t come with strings attached

Rapidcreek, (edited )

What strings could Haiti possibly provide?

girlfreddy,
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Read it again …

America has only been hands-off when it suited their needs.

Rapidcreek,

That makes no sense. You should stop.

Caligvla,
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Wait, the guy is named Ariel? What the fuck.

FlyingSquid,
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What’s wrong with that exactly?

Caligvla,
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Last I checked Ariel is a female name.

LanternEverywhere,

You clearly never checked, because it's a name used for both genders

FlyingSquid,
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Gigan,
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The most famous Ariel is the little mermaid, so some people might assume it’s a girls name.

Skua,

It was originally a Hebrew male name

FlyingSquid,
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I guess, but Ariel Sharon was prime minister of Israel for a long time, so it’s not exactly a male name one one’s heard of.

FWIW, Ariel was an angel, who are supposedly genderless, so it’s a unisex name.

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