THE EDITOR, Sir:I WAS in total disbelief when I read a letter appearing in your March 18 edition. This letter was written by a resident in Canada who implied that P.J. Patterson and Aristide are birds of a feather.
He had the gall to suggest similar change should be done in Jamaica as in Haiti. Sir, let me first say this is MADNESS! Jamaica is fully entrenched in democratic principles and history.
For someone to suggest that foreign troops should kidnap and exile one of our leaders shows a lack of knowledge and a total dislike for the Jamaican people.
Yes, we should be concerned about the cost of Aristide's visit to the Jamaican taxpayers. Yes, we must be concerned about the reaction of our neighbour to the north, the "democratic" superpower United States of America. We would be fools not to be cognisant of their reactions.
P.J. Patterson has shown that certain principles are not to be compromised, not for love nor money. Jamaica's invitation to Aristide is not an affront to the U.S. or anyone; it is a quest to find the truth of what happened to our brothers in Haiti.
This move has brought a great deal of respect and praises to Jamaica and the Caricom. Europe is now sticking up for its members; the U.S. has always done so for itself. Let us now stand together and stick up for our brothers in the pursuit the truth.
The only difference amongst us in the Caribbean is where the slave ships dropped us off.
I am, etc.,
C. HAMILTON
cha24389@yahoo.com
Freeport, Long Island
New York
Via Go-Jamaica
