George H.W. Bush: “But I am told that when they go back there, there is not this persecution. You've raised it; let me take a look at it.…”

“But I am told that when they go back there, there is not this persecution. You've raised it; let me take a look at it. Aristide going back, we support that. I've got to be a little careful as President on what I say about him and how it works and what he's doing here. Our policy has been to support the OAS, the Organization of American States, to get this man back, not because of a great love for any individual but because of a commitment to democracy. I don't like to see democracy aborted by a coup. It isn't working too well because you don't have the public support that he once had. But we're going to stay with that for a while. But shutting down the oil is not that easy either. You ask the naval people about that. Mr. Wills. Mr. President, I hate to stop this discussion----”