Haiti - The Marshall Plan Revisited

Posted January 29, 2010

According to Pat Robertson Haiti’s misfortunes arose when this island nation made a pact with the Devil. Pat Robertson is referring to Voodoo and the Haitian god known as Bondye. While Voodoo may be regarded as devil-worship, it may be wise to take note of a far more sinister power that is taking root in Haiti. All this tragedy and benevolence seems fodder for a Hollywood script.

Obama has proclaimed that the Iraqi campaign is coming to an end, diplomats now want to bribe Taliban warriors into submission with money and Karzai is requesting more reconstruction aid for Afghanistan as a political tool to end al-Qaeda.

The Wall Street Journal stated: "Despite their clean chins and pressed uniforms, the ISI men are as deeply fundamentalist as any bearded fanatic; the ISI created the Taliban as their own instrument and still supports it."
 It is alleged that in 1994 the ISI (members of Pakistani Intelligence trained by the CIA) gave birth to the Taliban and al-Qaeda came to be in 1988 under very similar circumstances. We appear to be fighting and negotiating with an enemy whose image casts the same shadow as our saviours.
While one might view all this political and economic upheaval as coincidence, I do not. An unsound human nature is imitating Mother Nature and God. The liquidity of money appears to flow towards catastrophe and not sanity. It pours from all vessels and then disappears into an endless belly of corruption. I cannot help but believe that Haiti has been usurped by an invisible hand whose true nature is unclear. To dismiss the power of technology and its ability to change economic and covert strategy would be naive.
It is estimated that Afghanistan produces $500,000,000,000 (billion) of opium yearly and that approximates 80% of the global opium supply. It is alleged that its major trading partner is the CIA.
Under the leadership of President Karzai, by mid-2008, the Government of Afghanistan had made some progress in combating narcotics. However, drug trafficking remains a serious threat to the future of Afghanistan, contributing to widespread public corruption, damaging legitimate economic growth, and fuelling violence and insurgency. A successful counternarcotics strategy in Afghanistan hinges on maintaining security, building public capacity, attaining local support, and actively pursuing our joint counternarcotics strategy.
If the USA is serious about stabilizing Afghanistan it must deal with the issue of drugs. War has not only become tiresome it has become a nuisance in the wake of the global economic slump and the new game plan. Haiti is the 21^st century Marshall Plan, with a twist and Big Oil can no longer wait to  harvest the riches given it with the blood of Canadian and global soldiers. Opium must now be grown covertly, shipped through controlled lines and then redistributed via a geographically controlled hub. Well that’s Haiti of course!

In April, 2000, Michael Vigil, Special Agent in Charge of the Caribbean Field Division of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) testified before the US Congress House Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Drug Policy and Human Resources. In his testimony Vigil labelled Haiti as "The Drug Trafficking Crossroads of the Caribbean. Emphasizing Haiti's role he pointed out that "at just under 430 miles from Colombia's northernmost point [the island of Hispaniola] is easily accessible by twin engine aircraft hauling payloads of 500 to 700 kilos of cocaine.....Haiti presents an ideal location for the staging and transhipment of drugs.....recent statistics released by The US government Inter Agency Assessment of Cocaine Management (IACM), indicate that approximately 15% of the cocaine entering the United States transits either Haiti or the Dominican Republic.After pointing out to the panel that once any illicit drug reached Puerto Rico "it is unlikely to be subjected to further United States Customs inspection en route to the continental U.S.," Vigil mentioned - almost parenthetically - "Cocaine is also sometimes transferred overland from Haiti to the Dominican Republic for further transhipment to Puerto Rico, Europe and Canada.

The geographic importance of Afghanistan is not often discussed. American control of this region also means they shut-out Russia and China from having direct access to the oil and gas reserves in this region.

During the Soviets' decade-long occupation of Afghanistan, Moscow estimated Afghanistan's proven and probable natural gas reserves at around five trillion cubic feet. In the mid-1970s, production reached 275 million cubic feet per day. But Afghanistan's significance to the balance of energy and power in Central Asia stems from its geographical position as a potential transit route for oil and natural gas exports from Central Asia to the Arabian Sea.exports from Central Asia to the Arabian Sea.

Let us not forget the geographic significance of Haiti. You should pull out a map and notice that Haiti is positioned just east of Cuba and Mexico, northeast of Columbia and just south of the American gateway. With Guantanamo Bay scheduled to close the Americans still need to keep a close eye on Cuba. While Columbia is a major importer of American exports, it still is a global narcotics manufacturer. We won’t have to expand on Mexico and drugs. With 10,000+ American troops and a UN force to provide security the Americans will start doing what they do best – creating an economic engine. Haiti is a nation with no real laws and primitive with respect to the rest of North and South American continents. Haiti also has two undeveloped islands known as Tortuga and Gonave. Is it not ironic that the pirates have returned to Tortuga - leaves you wanting to watch a good Errol Flynn movie. I cannot help believe that Haiti and its two islands will become the new “Old Cuba”. While these conclusions appear to be extreme I draw your attention to the following:

In September 22, 2005 Stephen Watson commented that the War on Drugs was a phony facade..... We have continually exposed how Clinton and the Bushes personally profited from massive drug smuggling operations through Mena, whilst Clinton was Governor of Arkansas. Alex Jones has interviewed multiple former CIA officers who were unloading the cocaine. Bush Sr., then Vice President, met eleven times with the Clintons in the year before Clinton announced his run for President. Teenagers Don Henry and Kevin Ives were murdered for accidentally witnessing a CIA cocaine smuggling operation in Mena. Bill Clinton aided in the cover up as well as the money- laundering. The Clinton-Bush relationship is a long and fruitful one.
William Cooper was a member of the Office of Naval Security and Intelligence serving as a Harbor and River Patrol Boat Captain at Danang and the Dong Ha River Security Group, Cua Viet, Republic of Vietnam. He was awarded several medals for his leadership and heroism during combat including two with "V" for Valor. He served on the Intelligence Briefing Team for the Commander In Chief of the Pacific Fleet. William was the Petty Officer of the Watch and designated KL-47 SPECAT operator in the CINCPACFLT Command Center at Makalapa Hawaii. There he held a Top Secret, Q, SI, security clearance.

He publicly stated that he had read top secret MJ-12 documents which connected the Bush Family to drug smuggling. He also stated that Zapata Corporation (an off-shore drilling company controlled by the Bush Family) worked closely with the CIA and used Zapata’s off-shore drilling platforms as drop-off points for drugs, which eventually made their way into the USA. Mr. Cooper was shot in an incident after these and other revelations were made. Clinton referred to him as the most dangerous man in America.

The underlying similaritiess between Haiti and Afghanistan appear far too real to dismiss. Even the victims of Katrina did receive this kind of generous military and global support. You decide.

Thank you,
Joseph Pede