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Read More"Same
difference!" That's what most Americans uttered when Secretary of
Defense Robert Gate came on boar...d. The motto "Army of One" became "Army
strong".

The first one suggested that the institution's agenda was not
in the nation's best interests, but one being implemented to satisfy
the most visceral and whimsical ambitions of one individual, the
leader.

The stubbornness and idiosyncrasy of the former Secretary of
Defense in the handling of the war inspired distrust and kept a
perpetual tension line between the administration and public opinion.

The second however invites all political antagonists to reinforce the
institution's culture.

Fundamental changes and new strategy to realign
elements of the new reality was a must. Relationship between the U.S
Congress and the Executive over the military was in disarray when
Donald Rumsfeld had the reigns.

The willingness to accord some
credibility to military officials has latently transpired with Gate's
effort to enhance the communication channels.

Although the U.S armed
forces have gone through major reengineering to better face urban
warfare and the news face of terror, something more significant than
the changes in structure and process was an imperative.

Gate used his
power and developed a new role for his position.

He made collaboration
and achievement the central concepts of his endeavors, and relatively
succeeded in altering the institution's paradigm.

Consequently,
although scrutinized, his numerous trips to the Middle East in quest of
better alternatives aren't considered as rehearsed and futile as the
ones Rumsfeld took.Unfortunately, the Bush administration has
predominantly opted for military actions since the beginning and failed
to address the core issues that drive the fragile security environment
under which the Iraqi people have been living for a duration that is a
few years shy of a decade now. Carefully listening to the parties
directly involved in the fighting could be helpful.

It would show
impartiality and a will to frankly engage in objective negotiations and
non military approach such as accommodation.

"The mission", as
President Bush so often calls it, is ambiguous, if not equivocal.

It
has morphed from "Weapon of Mass Destruction" to "Operation Iraqi
Freedom", to "Managing Sectarian Violence" and to recently, just the
"Mission".

The administration's ethnocentric position had inhibited the
interests of the United States as a people in this conflict.

The U.S
thus deliberately refrained from even sponsoring a negotiated and
indigenous pact for peace.Luckily, The Haitian people have
overcome some elements of the Macoute-Lavalas divisive scourge that has
set hurdles to all propensities to organize the country's meager
resources.

Preval deserves some credit for having initiated the process
since his first term, and I hope that historians will record him as
such.However, Préval has let the opportunity offered by the
long-term presence of the international community go to waste because
any attempts to organize the country's political, economic, and social
structure will encounter a host of hostile backlashes.

Change and
resistance management must go through a series of steps, some only
requiring tactful communication and time to acclimatize, and some
others requiring the use of force.Education, healthcare,
sanitation, transport, commerce and the regularization of our
professional occupations epitomize an array of issues that could
potentially lead the international community to accuse Haitian
officials of human rights violation should they be absent when these
officials are taking steps to address these issues.

However, thanks to
the actual presence of the international communitythrough the United
Nations Organization (UN), a different and better understanding
vis-à-vis the nature and context of popular opposition that government
action would educe could be demonstrated.

Préval should have taken
advantage of the United Nations' support to build the political,
economic and social backbones of the country.

So far, he has exhibited
no real desire for earnest change.

I am of those who believe that the
Haitian citizens willing to participate in the country' s management
should be given a fair chance, whereas the citizens with the required
knowledge and qualification who refuse to participate deserve nothing
but scorn.They are legion.

But I sincerely believe that they
have legitimate reasons for choosing to become bystanders.

They use a
number of excuses, the most notable being that they want to live to see
their kids making it in life. Therefore, even the most flagrant
intellectual affront does not seem to undermine their intelligence.Believe
it or not, I express some degree of empathy for this particular excuse.

But the hypocrisy that characterizes their deportment leaves me
nauseated.

They literally hate other Haitians that have chosen to flee
the country to migrate in other part of the world for the same security
reasons.

Many Haitians ferociously oppose other Haitians that have
become citizens of other countries through naturalization.

A specific
constitutional provision corroborates their fight! There is no problem.

However, why did those activists refrain from defending the
constitution when the USA, Canada, and France allegedly overthrew
Aristide and placed Gerard Latortue and his team in power?

Why didn't
they inquire about Boniface's nationality?Gera BouguyPhD student in Business AdministrationMaster of Science in Management and leadershipBachelor of Science in EconomicsCertified Respiratory TherapistOperation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, U.S.ArmyFormer Police Nationale d'Haiti, Inspecteur

Gerabougui, October 5 2009, 6:40 PM

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