I applauded, because I naturally assumed that this spread of freedom would travel to

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all parts of the globe, but sadly this spread of freedom is too thin to be stretched across the shores of Haiti, a country only 600 miles away. For the rest of the world, freedom is Bush's primary export. But for Haiti, this White House regime has boldly dumped an epidemic of terror.

Within the shadow of the United States, Haiti is one of the most hopelessly miserable countries on earth. Volcanic street violence initiated by the U.S. supported terror brigades have mushroomed to the point where even the U.S. Embassy has basically shut down. The State Department's fear that its diplomats may be harmed or held hostage by the CIA sponsored brand of killers is just one of the many ironic twists in the spiral of events that have dragged Haiti deeper into the bowels of hell.

Secretary Condaleeza Rice and her predecessor Colin Powell are directly responsible for ignoring the chain of events which have created the present political inferno in Haiti. This is a fact that can be confirmed by members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) who demanded and were given a meeting with the White House/ Haitian policy makers a few days before the kidnapping of the legally elected President of Haiti, Jean Bertrand-Aristide. At the end of that White House confrontation, Rice and Powell were joined by none other than President George Bush. All three of these powerful potentates heard the desperate plea of the CBC members for the support of democracy in Haiti and the protection of the legitimate government against attacking terrorists. CBC members also begged specifically for the protection of President Aristide and his family.

By the end of the week it was clear that the fateful meeting at the White House had partially accomplished one purpose. The troika of Rice, Powell, and Bush has responded by saving Aristide from assassination. The kidnapping was a concession to the CBC. But no other demands were met. The legitimate democratic government of Haiti was not defended and the terrorists were not ordered to retreat. Instead, the terrorists, backed by a phalanx of rich Haitian landowners, were allowed to swarm over the presidential palace and the surrounding area. The first symbolic act of these U.S. supported barbarians was to pillage and burn an art exhibition of Haitian painters celebrating Haiti's two hundred years of independence.

Through mudslides and hurricanes, epidemics and civil government collapse, the terrorist forces remain unpunished and still in power. Several thousand United Nations troops are now on patrol in Haiti. But it is clear that they have been ordered to keep their hands off of the U.S. sanctioned insurgents. While billions of dollars are being spent to bring democracy to Iraq, the U.S. is allocating nothing to help clear the social wreckage from the Haiti political infrastructure.

Given the last few decades of the merciless and cynical domination of Haiti by the United States, it is clear that only the international community can restore democracy to Haiti and assist in forging a meaningful master plan for economic development. Americans and others who want to help should support such a globally based transformation process. Since it can only lead to sabotage, a U.S presence in this rescue process should not be welcomed. Haiti must seek a new set of partners in countries like Norway, Iceland, China, Germany, Venezuela, Australia, Singapore, etc. Where there is land there is hope and wealth. Haiti's strategic location in the western Hemisphere should prove to be of great value to certain stagnant nations in Europe and to many emerging economies throughout the world.

It is important to be aware of Napoleon's revenge as highlighted in the following Rap Poem; however, outstretched global hands can help to end the two centuries of repression.

NAPOLEON'S REVENGE

Blacks made him a military jerk
And Napoleon went berserk;
The dictator's disease rained down
Sprouting in confederate ground;
Harassment of Haiti
Became the white rulers' duty:
Black ambassadors speaking French
Was out-of-place and snooty.
The final revenge by Senator Jesse
Has now turned criminally messy:
Terrorist at Haiti's gate
Financed by camouflaged hate,
And the U.S. refuses to debate
This murder of a tiny State.
White House credibility blood
Is now desperately low,
Spin doctors fail to stem the flow.
Napoleon lost the war
When Haiti captured liberty;
On the moral battlefield of eternity
Colon and Condi
Now confront Aristide,
For 200 years
Napoleon's heirs have made Haiti bleed.
The White House refusal to debate
The murder of this tiny state
May seal our President's fate.