I'm not defending Aristide. I am pointing out that Aristide - like many elected executives who became dictators - played the game of pretending to support popular government at the beginning of their careers.
It's a ruse that was employed by Castro, Mugabe and Chavez as well.
It is currently being played by Evo Morales in Bolivia and Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua.
“I’m not defending Aristide. I am pointing out that Aristide - like many elected executives who became dictators - played the game of pretending to support popular government at the beginning of their careers.”
No he didn’t.
See http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952012/posts?page=62#62
Bingo. Do you think less of Fred because he was fooled by Aristide (when many others were not) and still refused to apologize for signing the form call for Aristide's restoration to power? Heck, Fred hasn't even admitted that he wanted to restore Aristide to power though he signed the form stating otherwise. Again, I'm really pissed off at Paul for this mistake.....but the I note that many others slide for theri mistakes and nobody, nobody calls them on it. Paul has apologized. When will Fred?