| Jamaica's hosting of Mr Aristide is entirely humanitarian, providing a more pleasant environment within which he and his wife can reunite with their children before permanent exile elsewhere, perhaps South Africa.
That Mr Aristide has accepted these conditions, despite his public declaration of the continued legitimacy of his presidency, seems to reflect an appreciation of the international power relations and the reality faced by small, poor states. The fact is that Caricom in general, but Jamaica in particular, placed much on the line with their principled defence of the process of democratic governance in Haiti, and in their public questioning of strategies used to remove Mr Aristide. The fact, though, is that given Jamaica's, and the Caribbean's, precarious economic situation, reality and pragmatism suggest that a continued public stand-off with powerful friends, which may be interpreted as hostility, is not a posture that is easily, or cheaply, maintained. Indeed, Jamaica has been down this road before - with disastrous consequences. |
I suggest looking for some different "friends".
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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