I will speculate that it probably also has to do with sending a message to all other rel and imagined opponents of the US in Latin America, specifically Cuba and Venezuela (Chavez offered support to Aristide in the event of US intervention) and to some extent Brazil and Argentina. Beyond that, I would point to the influence of the Haitian and Hatian American business community and US corporations that value Haiti as a source of cheap labor.
It is also worth noting that Aristide's tenure in office has been problematic and also worth exploring the historical reasons why.....
>From: Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: [lbo-talk] Haiti Coup
>Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 18:36:03 -0800 (PST)
>
>from Shane Mage...
>
>Eyewitnesses reported on Pacifica reveal that
>Aristide DID NOT RESIGN! He was kidnapped at about
>5:30 AM by US Marines directly supervised by the US
>Ambassador.
>
>
>+++++++++
>
>
>from Joseph Wanzala...
>
>US troops 'made Aristide leave'
>
> >From correspondents in Paris
>
>http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8833298%5E1702,00.html
>
>March 1, 2004
>
>HAITIAN leader Jean Bertrand Aristide was taken away
>from his home by US soldiers, it was claimed today.
>
>A man who said he was a caretaker for the now exiled
>president told France's RTL radio station the troops
>forced Aristide out.
>
>==========
>
>
>I'm inclined to cut to the chase, accept this account
>as accurate and ask the logical question which follows
>- what, in the opinion of knowledgeable observers,
>does the Bush admin hope to gain by removing Aristide?
>
>DRM
>
>
>
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