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by kjs3 1260 days ago
The US has a problematic history of intervention in Haiti, so we aren't the first choice of pretty much anyone on the ground. And consensus is Haiti isn't where anyone is going to be able to shoot their way to a solution. There have been some negotiations around getting Canada to lead an intervention [1], but that hasn't apparently gone too far. So...it'll get a lot worse for most Haitians before it gets better.

[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-haiti-intervention-....
1 comments
throwayyy479087 1259 days ago
Honestly, it should be the French. If there were a Black African Francophone country that had the spare resources, that would be even better - maybe Algeria in 50 years. I don't think that Haiti wants a bunch of Yankees running around, with our crappy history there.
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kjs3 1259 days ago
You're probably not wrong, but the French have some crappy history there as well, and haven't had much luck with conflict intervention in former colonies recently (see: Mali). The only certainty is that it's a really complicated problem.
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