re the stage is being set in article c tzz m c ucdavis edu ez hamlet ucdavis edu writes srinivas suder writes if the haitian people s will is that their current govt get thrown out they ll find a way to do it getting the us un to short cut the process will only hasten it but sets a bad precedent can the us interfere everywhere why not right at our doorstep cuba precisely why not cuba why not the hatians are being ruled by thugs and their elected leader has asked support to reestablish the peoples will well let s delve one level deeper why is democracy better than tribalism or other means of govt the president of georgia was elected with a thumping majority and booted out later w no objections from the un similarly the people of algeria elected an islamic fundemantalist party into power but the junta declared it illegal in both cases i personally have no problems with the outcome but if the voice of the people is that hallowed thing that the world community claims to revere so why isn t it interfering there the u s or any other democracy wishes to they are in the perfect right to help them without any whining from thir parties after all if it turns out to be colonialism and the poeple don t like it they find a way to throw them out exactly my point is that it will inevitably turn out that way and we can save ourselves a lot of pain and trouble by simply letting people sort out their problems on their own colonial interventions even in haiti haven t worked in the past they had a coups from the us invaded in and left in almost years after they had intended to was it a success well look at haiti today and of the past years and decide for yourself it was a success so long as the us was in from what i remember but it didn t last long obviously there is an implicit assumption here that we as outsiders have a right to sit in judgement of another people and to then act on it to me it is in there that the roots of old colonial attitudes lie today the motives are noble tomorrow they may not be who ever said people who commit genocide have the right to commit genocide nobody did people should have a right to self defense if the un wants to arm the bosnians or haitian revolutionaries or whoever i have no problems with that i do when they cross that line and attempt to re arrange boundaries govts etc the vance owen plan being one such piece of insanity i want a world where criminals agains humanity have no place to hide while you want special sovereignties designed to protect them nobody has the right to commit crimes against humanity and if they do they loose all right to self determination if this is classical colonialism then so be it we finally have a clearly stated point of difference colonialism can have its good side which is as you stated above removing thugs from being able to lord it over powerless people i am worried that the bad side is what will assert itself and i am prepared to let natural forces take their course if that will mean we can avoid the bad side of colonialism srinivas sunder sunder crhc uiuc edu if the university of illinois shares these views i d be surprised they aren t that smart generally
