HAITI IN RUINS, ANOTHER TALE OF AN UNENDING TRAGEDIES?

Icheoku says, many Haitians must now be wondering out aloud, 'where is their God' and pondering what manner of sin they commit specifically, far and beyond any other peoples of this world, to warrant the wrath of this destructive 7.3 magnitude earthquake? Haiti has become the butt of so many terrible and horrible things, both man-made and from mother-nature, that the people are asking, why just Haiti?

Three devastating hurricanes within the past two years alone, one tropical storm which caused a flooding of Noah's biblical proportion; and now, as a new year 'present' no Haitian wanted or would wish for, the mother of all calamitous occurrence, an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, which literally destroyed Haiti as we know it? 100,000 people estimated dead as a result of the earthquake? A cathedral destroyed and gutted by fire? The tax office destroyed? Hospitals, schools, main prison and thousands of peoples homes gone forever. The national palace, their presidential house destroyed as if an atom bomb had gone off, with its rumbles resembling an ancient Roman or Greek ruins? The house of legislature known as parliament in shambles?

So what is then left of this country one may ask; except to say that mother-nature appeared to have targeted the government of President Rene Preval and intended to wipe it away? Icheoku asks, could it be that the gods are mad at the new government and would rather have the deposed President Aristides still there as the peoples-choice and elected president? Of all the calamities which have visited Haiti recently, this 35 seconds lasting earthquake ranks topmost; being the mother of all Haitian calamities. Most earthquakes usually lasts for about 6 seconds, but for this one to have lasted for 35 seconds, qualifies it as an earthquake from hell.

To the people of Haiti, our hearts goes out to you and as the world helps you dig out from the hole which the earthquake has dug you into; we pray that your Christian faith will provide you the much needed succour at this time of great tribulation. Thankfully enough, President Barack Obama is in the White House and will do whatever it takes, to get you back on your foot. Were it otherwise, may be the likes of Pat Robertson, Rush Limbaugh and Fox News Network would have possibly influenced a different outcome and a somewhat New Orleans treatment would have been re-enacted? Imagine a supposed man of God saying that it was because of a "pact with the devil" that Haiti got hit by an earthquake? His type was the reason why Ghandi once said, 'I have read the bible, it is a nice book except that Christians do not practice what it contains'? So why a man of God cannot have a little empathy for the victims of what appears to be the world's worst earthquake defiles every logic except that of, "Haitians are of the wrong skin type; they are simply too dark-skinned for some few racists white men of America to consider such devastating earthquake a major disaster?

Rush Limbaugh went a step further to accuse President Obama of 'acting too fast on the earthquake and that he is pandering to his black-people?' Fox News Network would not even touch the earthquake in their coverage, as a major event; while every other network devoted their time covering the disaster, the racist-rascals at Fox were busy trash-talking some trivial and less important local political issues. In their jaundiced eyes, Haiti might as well be washed away from this earth, being "the other ones" and not worthy to live or their disaster not worthy of their air-time? But elections have consequences and luckily, Haitians have someone in the White House who understands that they are human beings too.

Icheoku would also like to call on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to now demonstrate his statesman and vaunted power in Latin America by coming to the aid of Haitians immediately and strongly. If he does not have an aircraft carrier to send with loads of aid supplies; may be he can underwrite some of the assistance going into Haiti. Otherwise he should seal off his loud mouth and remain where he belongs - a third world small player? The same message goes to Libya and Iran, both countries which are seeking some international relevance. China is already showing cause and we expect Russia to follow soon. Nigeria is also expected, as a giant among black peoples of this world, to rush off assistance to their black-brother Haitians; in the spirit of black fraternal brotherhood, may be a check for $500million dollars to assist in the recovery will be a good way to start?

Icheoku says, 100,000 and possibly 500,000 causalities in a country of just 9 million people is rather too many to loss in a day's calamity. Where were the gods of Haiti? Some confirmed report has it that the United Nations special envoy to Haiti, Hedi Annabi and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Joseph Serge Miot (here greeting the pope) were among known prominent people who have so far lost their lives in the disaster; both men were crushed to death by falling building debris. May their souls and the others departed now find rest in the Lord. What a world we live, which we do not have control of; and a life we have that can be snuffed away at any time; a rapture of some sort and yet the Rusk Limbaughs and Fox News managers are behaving as if their own life has some special insurance to protect them when the time comes? To the Haitians, help is on the way and recover you shall. Be strong!

PLEASE HELP HAITI TODAY, DONATE SOMETHING, ANYTHING; AS THEY LOST EVERYTHING AND COULD USE ANYTHING! CALL THE RED CROSS NOW!

FYI:- The earth-quake, reputed to be the strongest earthquake to hit Haiti since 1751, struck at around 4:53pm local time with an epicentre, located ten miles west of the capital of Port-au-Prince. Haiti is one of the three countries in the Caribbean that make up the Hispaniola Island. They are 95% blacks and 85% Roman Catholic Christians and French is their official language.