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Originally posted by bilmore
If supporters hear that he didn't just flee, but instead was carried away, they may continue the fight in the hopes that he can return. This is directly supported by what I heard on CNN a while ago. (i.e., a supporter saying "if he didn't go voluntarily, then he'll be back!") Plus, it makes us the bad guys to a big crowd of people with Aristide's guns.
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Did Aristide have all that many guns? The news coverage before the Marines went in referred to the pro-Aristide police forces as "woefully outgunned and outmanned" so much that I thought it was part of their name.
