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Simultaneously, in case Haiti's rulers thought Washington had stopped paying attention to them, the State Department and Pentagon joined in reviving earlier threats of a U.S. invasion, whooping it up as inevitable. As theater, it was the kind of showy saber rattling Haitian Army Chief Raoul Cedras and his cronies have grown used to ignoring. While some officials publicly speculated about the number of troops needed (12,000 to 13,000), the likely cost ($427 million) and a possible date (mid-October), President Clinton still has not given the go-ahead...
These policy divergences mirror real differences between the countries that, politically at least, outweigh their equally real similarities. The Haitian military clique that seized power in 1991 is an outlaw regime, scorned by nearly all other nations, that sustains its power over a terrorized populace by brute force. Yet its army is a rabble that could be swept aside by an American invasion force in a matter of days, if not hours. Cuba's communist government, by contrast, has survived 35 years of U.S. hostility and the collapse of its longtime patron, the Soviet Union. Despite growing anger and privation...
Launching another rhetorical volley, the White House said its "patience is wearing thin" on the Haitian military junta's refusal to go gentle into exile. The Pentagon upped the invasion ante by announcing that seven cargo ships are being activated for possible use in a Haiti operation. Despite the fist shaking, TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson sees no indications the military has changed its time frame for a possible invasion in late September or early October. "Plainly an orchestration campaign is now under way," he says. And the White House's hair-trigger statements? "I suppose that's just smart...
...neither an easy nor a cheap policy to carry out. Expanding facilities to house up to 65,000 refugees -- 14,000 Haitians already camped at Gitmo plus as many as 51,000 Cubans, of whom nearly 14,000 were in residence by Saturday -- will cost $100 million for openers, the Pentagon estimates. Keeping them in food, water and other "consumables" will take an additional $20 million a month. That spending would come on top of $230 million the U.S. has already shelled out since last Oct. 1 to care for the Haitian refugees...
...from unofficial intermediary Randall Robinson, executive director of the TransAfrica, who demanded the Administration give the junta 48 hours to get out. BTW: Robinson complained that the Clinton Administration's policy was in disarray. For evidence, he cited a TIME Daily report of July 13, in which a senior Haitian military source claimed the U.S. Coast Guard was sharing information with the junta on departing Haitian refugees...