U.S. wants to allow Haiti to buy weapons

[Roland99]

Of course they do. Have to keep those profits for the military-industrial complex conglomerates rolling in. How about some m-i complex kickbacks to the gov't to help lower the national debt brought about by those bastards pushing us into battles constantly?

More weapons is an answer to quell violence?

:scared:


http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=8736670&src=rss/ElectionCoverage

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - The United States is working on a plan that will allow Haiti to buy weapons as escalating violence threatens elections set for this year to replace ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the U.S. ambassador said on Wednesday.

Ambassador James Foley said the 4,000-strong Haitian police force was woefully short of weapons and equipment. The 14-year-old arms embargo that the United States imposed on Haiti allows for exceptions.

"Finally, the State Department and the U.S. Congress are now working on a supervision and training program that would allow the Haitian government to purchase weapons in the U.S.," Foley said.

"Those weapons are a very important element in the capacity of the Haitian police to ensure security," Foley said during a ceremony at which the U.S. Embassy donated 40 four-wheel-drive trucks, 75 motorcycles, two armored cars and police protective gear. The gear is worth $2.6 million.

[firefox]

1. Insanity

Haiti had a duly elected president that we invaded and installed our puppet even though he lived in the US and was not even eligible to be president. We are trying to add debt to one of the poorest countries in the world, so that we might better let the IMF and World bank run their country for them.

We had all their native pigs killed so they could not live off the land. One time the US just invaded them and took the gold out of their treasury, which is about what we are doing here.

Feed them bullets.

Edit to add- Zmag is the best place to follow the outside world IMHO- http://www.zmag.org/weluser.htm The last article they have up on Haiti is dated June 5 and is titled "Haiti and Media"- http://tinyurl.com/cxqeg

[TahitiNut]

2. "ensure security" = kill their own citizens

More massacres means greater profits.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. They're gonna get theirs someday..... someday soon... and we

won't have to lift a finger... they eat their own.