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Neither CARICOM Nor Member States Should Get Involved In Russia-Ukraine Conflict…

It is com­mon knowl­edge that togeth­er we are stronger, no doubt; there­fore, humans align them­selves to groups, orga­ni­za­tions, gangs, and all dif­fer­ent types of col­lab­o­rat­ing entities.
And there are ben­e­fits to oper­at­ing in groups that may not be derived from going solo. For exam­ple, buy­ing in bulk is a good idea; it usu­al­ly results in low­er prices and ben­e­fits such as free deliv­ery and oth­er goodies.
Operating as a com­bined enti­ty instead of a sin­gle indi­vid­ual is gen­er­al­ly more ben­e­fi­cial on mul­ti­ple fronts than oper­at­ing on one’s own.

Even the con­tentious Africans are com­ing around to rec­og­niz­ing the val­ue of togeth­er­ness in a world that has become increas­ing­ly inter­de­pen­dent; there­fore, we now have an African Union. 
The Europeans also fig­ured it out, and after world war two, west­ern nations decid­ed on NATO as a force-mul­ti­pli­er for their own pro­tec­tion. Later they also formed the European Union.
Before the sec­ond world war, pow­er­ful nations sought to coa­lesce with oth­er nations to be stronger and bet­ter able to achieve their goals. The mighty Germans at the time aligned them­selves with Italy and Japan, both pow­ers in their own rights.

And so that mes­sage has start­ed to slow­ly reach every­one, includ­ing the Caribbean, world events dic­tate they are bet­ter off align­ing them­selves with each oth­er. And so they did .… they formed CARICOM.
Now, as Russia invad­ed Ukraine, I cer­tain­ly do not believe that indi­vid­ual mem­ber states nor CARICOM should have a dog in that fight.
(CARICOM) has left the pos­si­bil­i­ty of impos­ing sanc­tions on Russia to indi­vid­ual mem­ber states fol­low­ing hours of intense delib­er­a­tion on the sec­ond day of the 33rd Inter-Sessional Meeting of Heads of Government in Belize.
CARICOM was formed exact­ly for these moments, and there­fore, if CARICOM is not get­ting involved, mem­ber states should also stay out of a fight that has noth­ing to do with it.
The peo­ple in Ukraine will cer­tain­ly have dif­fi­cul­ty locat­ing the Caribbean on a map, much less indi­vid­ual mem­ber states.CARICOM has already issued a state­ment con­demn­ing Russia’s inva­sion of Ukraine, argu­ing the hos­til­i­ties ran counter to the prin­ci­ples of respect for sovereignty.
That is where CARICOM and its mem­ber states should leave the issue. 
Cockroach nu bizniz Inna fowl fite.

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Mike Beckles is a for­mer Police Detective, busi­ness­man, free­lance writer, black achiev­er hon­oree, and cre­ator of the blog mike​beck​les​.com.