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Bush's lack of moral scruples in foreign policy became clear with his management of two events in particular: the Tiananmen Square massacre and the coup in Haiti...
After the coup in Haiti which deposed a democratically elected leader, Haitians streamed out of the island nation, many of them facing possible political persecution. Most came to the U.S. in search of asylum. Bush turned them away...
...Yugoslavia is also one of appeasement. The CIA warned Bush in 1990 that the nation would split apart. Yet Bush adhered to the status quo, never altering policy to fit the reality of the impending breakup--the same policy Bush pursued in the former Soviet Union until the failed coup forced a change. The U.S. was dangerously silent on Yugoslavia, allowing the Serbs and the communist government to go ahead with plans to keep the country together--even if it meant bloodshed...
...Hampshire has been a consistently Republican state. It would be almost a coup for Clinton to get it," said Cohen...
After that meeting, the Pope did receive privately, Bishop Willy Romelus, an Aristide supporter whom the military arrested several times since the coup, but the Vatican made on statement in his support...