Hti: Re-run of Haiti I'm sorry

Haiti Democracy Project is running T&T's Ira Mathura's article. It's worth reading the second time around also. An excerpt was already posted on this blog last week or so. Feel free to check it out here. Here's how she began the piece:

Haiti, I'm sorry. Caricom failed you. We remained the duds we always were. Once again we've turned our backs, on you. We know that more than 260,000 people could be dying of hunger, and yet we sit smug, pointing fingers. Haiti, I'm sorry.

Caricom leaders are pompous, passing judgment, instead of food and supplies. Haiti, I'm ashamed, now you're dependent on French, Canadian and US troops to restore order, while our soldiers sit around eating fried chicken. Haiti, I'm sorry, we knew all along that you're convulsed with poverty, wiped out with Aids, yet instead of helping, we slam the U.S.

Haiti, I'm sorry, instead of embracing you in your time of need, we are thinking of throwing you out of Caricom councils. Haiti, I'm sorry, just a month or so back, we treated your people like criminals before sending them back. Haiti, I'm sorry we know you're our neighbours, but all you'll get from us is a statement. Haiti, I'm sorry, your fifteen-member family, the Caricom can't help you since we are defunct, impotent and invisible to the world.