Atg: Soothing Caricom's hurt feelings

Prime Minister PJ Patterson and the US Ambassador Sue Cobb met for more than one hour on Monday for talks on the ongoing political crisis in Haiti, according to a statement from Jamaica House.

"The Prime Minister outlined the process which Caricom (Caribbean Community) had followed in order to resolve the crisis which Haiti was facing and the steps taken by Caricom to promote their plan to the International community - the US, Canada, the OAS," the statement said.

According to the statement, Patterson, who is the current Caricom chairman had informed the US Ambassador that the Caricom plan had been accepted as a hemispheric response to the Haitian problem and was designed to preserve the island's fragile democracy.

The prime minister also expressed his "disappointment" that the plan had been discarded without reference to Caricom, the statement said, noting that he had also re-stated the position adopted by Caribbean leaders to the sudden departure of Aristide and the implications for constitutional government in the region.

Okay, enough already. How many Haitian lives were saved because Aristide's lousy neck was saved when he ran like a girl? So, Caricom, kill the talk and act ... for once!