Hey, did you hear that Baby Doc Jean-Claude Duvalier recently announced that he came to lend a hand in Haiti's reconstruction? No kidding!
Well first, we were told that Baby Doc was in Haiti for just a three-day visit.
Next he was taken to court and was asked to stay in the country until "his case" had been fully investigated and resolved.
Then he was told that he could travel back to France if he needed to, as long as he comes back to be tried for the inhumane crimes he may have committed while he was president of the country.
Now, the ex-dictator of Haiti claims that he has great plans for Haiti. He said he actually planned his return to the country to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the 1/12/2010 earthquake. Yes, he came to help "the people" grieve. Hmm... I can't wait to hear his tale of how he reconnected with "the people" on a personal level and how helpful he was.
Anyways...
Education to the Haitian people is very much needed though. It's true they need a hero, you know, the one that'll turn Haiti into the Promised Land. But Baby Doc is not it, Rene Preval is not it either, nor is his "Interest-in-Law", Celestin. So the Haitian people should stop waving that black and red flag. I spent my whole life saluting that dictator's flag. I wore it on flag day, I sang songs about it, and more than once hissed it up the flag pole at school until one day it was changed. Instead of vertical it was now horizontal, and instead of black and red it became the ancient red and blue. Say, what to do when your country changes its flag. Has this ever happened to you? On a personal note I can say that the side effects are temporary dissociation with your country and its emblem, and then everything goes back to normal again. Although many of us have learned a lot from our past and understand that history shouldn't repeat itself, the Haitian people seem to be caught up in that very paralyzing ring. They can't get out of it, it's their way of life. And the Promised Land will never come because it's being sold to the highest bidder.
Well first, we were told that Baby Doc was in Haiti for just a three-day visit.
Next he was taken to court and was asked to stay in the country until "his case" had been fully investigated and resolved.
Then he was told that he could travel back to France if he needed to, as long as he comes back to be tried for the inhumane crimes he may have committed while he was president of the country.
Now, the ex-dictator of Haiti claims that he has great plans for Haiti. He said he actually planned his return to the country to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the 1/12/2010 earthquake. Yes, he came to help "the people" grieve. Hmm... I can't wait to hear his tale of how he reconnected with "the people" on a personal level and how helpful he was.
Anyways...
Education to the Haitian people is very much needed though. It's true they need a hero, you know, the one that'll turn Haiti into the Promised Land. But Baby Doc is not it, Rene Preval is not it either, nor is his "Interest-in-Law", Celestin. So the Haitian people should stop waving that black and red flag. I spent my whole life saluting that dictator's flag. I wore it on flag day, I sang songs about it, and more than once hissed it up the flag pole at school until one day it was changed. Instead of vertical it was now horizontal, and instead of black and red it became the ancient red and blue. Say, what to do when your country changes its flag. Has this ever happened to you? On a personal note I can say that the side effects are temporary dissociation with your country and its emblem, and then everything goes back to normal again. Although many of us have learned a lot from our past and understand that history shouldn't repeat itself, the Haitian people seem to be caught up in that very paralyzing ring. They can't get out of it, it's their way of life. And the Promised Land will never come because it's being sold to the highest bidder.
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