Crime problem in Bahamas is America's fault?

Before the last general election there was hardly a day that went by that Mr. Keith Bell, the spokesman on crime for the PLP when in Opposition, was not blaming the FNM government of the day for our crime problems.

Now that his party is the Government and he is the Junior Minister with responsibility National Security, crime is  now the fault of the US because "We don't manufacture guns in this country" and the US is deporting hardened criminals back here.

Bear in mind, according to Mr. Bell, these people are "Bahamians, stateless or The Bahamas was their last port of entry before entering the U.S."

Presumably The Bahamas has a treaty with the United States that allows them to send these folks back here? And if not, how is it possible if they have no connection here?

So what's Mr. Bell's solution? A National ID card.

So let me see if I can understand all this.

1. Bahamians would not commit crime if the US didn't make guns.
2. The US is not entitled to send Bahamians that commit crime in the US back home.
3. Stateless people (read people with Haitian heritage born in The Bahamas) that might have been in The Bahamas all of their life until they got to the US, can't be sent back here. And
4. A National ID card will fix it all.

My position on a National ID card remains the same as enunciated here… but where on earth do these ideas come from?

It seems that Mr. Bell is confronted with the same situation the FNM had. Mind you the solutions were easily resolved when he was in Opposition. Now that he sits in the chair, it's America's fault. Go figure!

I wish him luck with helping resolve the crime problem, but blaming our closest ally, the US, surely can't be the best thing to do?