Posted on 03/06/2024 8:35:39 PM PST by Reno89519
U.S. government officials have grown alarmed that the Haiti National Police could begin to crumble within hours — and that a long-planned multinational mission led by Kenya to provide reinforcements may not be enough to save the country from a complete descent into gang control.
Outgunned Haitian police have been battling a united front of gangs and losing key firefights. Now, a potential power void and a collapse of the Haitian government that had already faced a skeptical public risks undermining whatever morale is left among the police forces.
“The government could fall at any time,” a U.S. official told McClatchy, speaking on the condition of anonymity to candidly discuss the government assessment. “If the HNP dissolves as an effective counterforce, if we see the airport or the presidential palace fall, it’s over.”
The Biden administration is moving urgently to expedite the deployment of a Multinational Security Support mission, or MSS, that has been in the works for over a year and a half. Kenya has pledged to lead the mission and committed 1,000 police officers to the effort last fall.
But the force size of the Haiti National Police is “orders of magnitude less than required,” the U.S. official added. Adding 1,000 more boots on the ground — even if they are well-armed, well-trained, and deployed immediately — is unlikely to meet the demands of the crisis.
The Biden administration has ruled out contributing U.S. forces to the mission, with Pentagon leadership fiercely opposed to any deployment.
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A State Department official told McClatchy the entire Biden administration had been “seized with this issue” on Wednesday, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken joining meetings with leadership at the White House and National Security Council.
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The Clintons must be weeping. A major source of grift is gone.
Yes. And why do we care? If a nation does not wish to save itself, why should other nations commit time, blood or treasure to doing so?
What government?
The 1804 Haitian revolution was the original DEI program.
I would not bet against you.
And the kind of negotiation needed is akin to that demonstrated by Bruce Willis’ character in The Fifth Element. That is unlikely to come from the Biden Administration.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Qcm24dxaA
Never. It's based on a genocidal revolt; it's a giant satanic voodoo cult.
It is not even clear whether the MSS, in partnership with the Haitian police, is large enough to reclaim any of the critical infrastructure already under gang control or neighborhoods across the capital that have led to more than 314,000 Haitians being displaced from their homes.
I can guarantee with 100% certainty, those displaced will be brought here. Wait and see.
“Hait Has No Home Here.”
Well played.
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Chastisement? Makes you wonder.
I can’t remember the particulars, but the Clintons ripped off Haiti after the big quake they had in the recent past. Haiti does not like the Clintons.
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“The Biden administration has ruled out contributing U.S. forces to the mission, with Pentagon leadership fiercely opposed to any deployment.”
11 million people in Haiti. Biden may view many of these people as potential refugee voters.
Yes, the Dominicans would celebrate.
Peach
Maybe Hillary should return the $3.6 billion the Clinton crime foundation stole from the Haitians
North Sentinel Island is safer than Haiti.
How can anyone know if Haiti has fallen?
This sounds like a distraction news article from the Fake media
There but for the grace of God go you and I.
Operation Chaos is shaping up nicely.
I worked for a nonprofit that went from being an orphanage and school to sending the children (none of whom were orphans) back to live with their parents with financial support and educational/vocational training and opportunities which was a much better model.
The corruption in that country goes from the top of any government agency or office all the way to the tiny village leaders. Bribes and payoffs are the standard but still no guarantee of protection from violence or theft. No postal system, no sanitation system, limited water purification, limited medical care, and education isn’t free and requires proper uniforms. Opportunities for jobs are pretty much limited. Yet, everyone has a phone. They may be living in a shack constructed of a piece of metal and a leftover bit of wooden pallet but by golly they have a phone.
By the way, they officially blame every country that has ever tried to help them for why they are the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. It couldn’t possibly be because they massacred the slaveholders and landowners and chopped down all the trees and then continued in corruption.
It’s a horrible situation but until they get their own business together, nothing will change and all the billions of aid that previously have been sent, along with all the new aid, won’t change anything permanently.
Peach
Haiti is “africa west”. I wonder what the common denominator in their history created the present situation. Hmmm...
Some cultures simply don’t want to be “fixed.” Especially ones with an average IQ of 82, like Haiti.
Yup, 82.
Not to mention Vodoo is their religion. So, yeah, they believe in magic.
“Never try to teach a pig to dance. You look like a fool, and annoy the hell out of the pig.”
You just know the idiot FJB admin absolutely wants to boatlift a bunch here. Cuz, “Diversity is our strength.”
Only thing stopping them is the upcoming election.
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