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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Looked so peaceful in Haiti during Live and Let Die. Folks growing illegal poppies to make narcotics. Others selling them to the US to undermine the law and create addicts who would do anything for a fix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6pyKiusy0Q
No mention of the prison break? 4000 prisoners escaped in the past 2 days, from their largest facility, taken over by the gangs.
High alert on Florida’s east coast, readying for the inevitable boatload invasion that’s coming.
Barely made the 6:30 news, one evening, since then...radio silence.
Not any more, prison break on Tues. 4000 on the loose. What could go wrong?
Millions and millions of new democrat voters..
exactly
the #ing Rats are hated by the majority which they intend to change.
more invaders to our borders
Or his Press Secretary.
“...if only Haitians had adopted the woke DEI programs pushed by the Biden and Harris administration, thing could have been joyously celebrating multicultural diversity and inclusion instead of life-and-death gang violence and poverty.”
The thing it, that is the FASTEST way for a Third World government to leave itself vulnerable to be overthrown. I realize it’s the ideology of the Leftists, but in practical terms it DIRECTLY UNDERMINES their objective of having these countries as their slave states - it only works properly on Europeans.
he 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.
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Seems an urgency in Biden’ term!
Oxymoronic statement - Urgently vs over year and half!
What is the speed of not an urgent action?!
This sounds like a distraction news article from the Fake media to distract the sheep from Biden disastrous presidency, or maybe imposter fake Biden is getting ready to send troops over to Haiti to distract the sheep from what really is going on in the USA during election year.
What?!
Too many people on one side of the island?
Hank
Looks like a nice vacation spot.
Hait Has No Home Here.
An American evangelical / medical association used to send over missionary teams of doctors and nurses to help out in the village medical clinics. I know a nurse who spent a week in Haiti, this was about thirty years ago.
How could you tell if Haiti fell?
Coming soon to Amerika...
...after all, our law and government orbits around amish worship.
What happened to all the billions that were donated and sent by US taxpayers? IIRC one of the Clinton foundations was in charge of a huge amount of money.
Crappola.
Haiti is and has been a total basketcase for a very long time. It’ just going down hill which is near impossible as it was so very pathetic since Papa Doc.
How can an already fallen country fall? We have a whole bunch of mini-Haitis in this country...we call them democrat cities.
You have great memory. There was “Papa” Doc and “Baby” Doc Duvalier.
Father and son.
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