I;m not surprised,  I am starting to find alot of the things that Obama says is odd

They also said a prison was destroyed and most prisoners escaped :/

That's really bad.

Not for the prisoners.

The sad part about Haiti is that there wasn't all that much to ruin.

I've been watching it in the news. That's horrible.

I wonder if Haiti will recover from that... they weren't doing too good before the earthquake.

He could be using it in the way people talk about fate or luck being cruel I guess?

my prayers go out to those affected

good to see all those nations pitching in and helping right away, Haiti wasent in very good shape before this hapened.

I've heard it used for situations outside of human choice, such as the phrase "a cruel twist of fate", kind of like an anthropomorphic interpretation of a non human initiated occurrence. Though Obama's use is probably not a good use of the word in this way.

I actually visited Haiti a few years ago for 3 weeks.
If you guys could just understand how bad it was BEFORE the quake, you'd realize how truly devastating it is now.

The country was already recovering from previous natural disasters; where I was staying, buildings were being rebuilt and streets repaved. Thousands of people roamed the capital in the dead of night; some sleeping outside. The one thing that stuck out in my mind was that the place has SO MUCH potential. If there was a sense of government anywhere near is structured as the greater powers of the world, it would be a great place.

I haven't been able to find contact with anyone over there I tried to call....Haiti is suffering enough, this kills. Electricity was taken away at random before. Things are all gone now..........

What a tragedy...

But to tell the truth, in a hurricane-prone place like this, I'm surprised there were any buildings left at all (OK, I'm exaggerating, but you get the point).