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On Haiti's Boneheaded Exit from CARICOM

Submitted March 15, 2004 - 9:34 pm by Al Giordano
Wow. This erratic, irrational, behavior by the Haitian Dictator-for-four-days-and-counting Gerard Latortue is really interesting to watch.

First he shuts down diplomatic relations with Jamaica, his country's most historic ally.

And over what? Allowing a free citizen, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to visit with his wife and daughters there.

So unconfident is he in his own people: If he really feels that hearing that Aristide is 100 miles off his coasts will destabilize his coup-installed regime, he understands very well that he governs without a mandate, and he admits that he is... let me spell it right this time... I-L-L-E-G-I-T-I-M-A-T-E.

Now, based on the action of just one of 13 Caribbean nations, a humanitarian, democratic, legal, and honorable, action - allowing a free citizen to travel there - he alienates the entire CARICOM (Caribbean Community of Nations) roster!

This guy is mentally deranged. He is not fit to govern. This is going to be interesting, and perhaps even fun, to watch him unravel.

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