Was Bill Clinton lying or is he dumber than we thought? You
decide.
Haiti has been chaos since it won independence centuries
ago. Multiple interventions by the U.S. have not changed
anything. In 1994 the Clinton administration intervened
militarily to reinstate a violent demagogue as Haiti's
president. A decade later the Bush administration
intervened militarily to remove him.
Yet Bill Clinton professes himself to be shocked, shocked that
Haiti is a mess!
Reports
Reuters:
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Wednesday a lack of
cooperation between Haitian politicians, aid groups and
business leaders was hurting efforts to help the impoverished
Caribbean nation.
Clinton, on his first visit since being named U.N. special
envoy to Haiti, said he was optimistic about its future but
surprised by the continuing divide between the private and
public sectors and the nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
operating in Haiti.
"The most surprising thing to me ... is how little the investor
community, all the elements of the government, including the
legislative branch and the NGO community seem to have taught
and absorbed each others' lessons," Clinton told reporters at
the end of a two-day fact-finding mission.
So which is it, liar or fool?
About the Author
Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).
