Is Kenya's Haiti Intervention in Danger of Falling Apart?

2500 foreign police officers, working in shifts, none of whom speak french or creole. I just don't get what they expect these unfortunate dudes to accomplish.

Glad the US is staying out of this mess directly. The 🌎 the US intervenes 😡 The 🌎 the US doesn't intervene 😡

Thank you for your continued coverage of this tragic story.

The bona fide definition of a Failed State that's somehow below anarchy.

Nobody will save Haiti besides Haiti

I really hope Haiti finds peace.

I know America has often been criticized for its view on Haiti versus other Caribbean nations but I am happy that we are staying out of that mess. With hurricane season coming up there's nowhere for that situation to go but damn

Placing " Police " and "Enemy" in one sentence is a recipe for a disaster.

"Nation building" is always a failure unless driven by the citizens of the nation trying to be rebuilt, not an occupying force.

The murder rate in South Africa is 2500 per month for the period Jan to end March 2024. This is 77 per 100K of the population. Assault with intent to do GBH was over 55K for the same period. We are on par with Ecuador and pretty close to Haiti.

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Wow Simon @ 7:20 I had no idea that the gangs of Haiti had the power to literally turn the entire region upside down!👍

the multinational security force trying to clear Port au Prince, a city thrice as dense as Fallujah, does not appear up to the task. i was in FJ in 2007 and looking at PAP seems like a nightmare to clear. they got there and immediately realized, nope. we cannot do this.

I'm not hearing any way to keep this from happening in the future if/when the criminal gangs are removed from power. There were interventions in 1915, 1994, 2004, and now potentially in 2024. What's to keep the problem solved?

Regardless of any other goals the MSS will have to engage in some fighting in the capital. Meaning combat with heavy weapons in a densely packed urban zone riddled with ramshackle buildings. That will mean bodies, probably lots of bodies. Something that will undercut international and internal support for the MSS rapidly.

I really hope American troops don't get pulled into Haiti again. I can't think of a bigger waste of American lives, money and resources. Haiti doesn't stand a chance.

The main question is why does anyone have to go in there and risk their lives to prop up something that fails over and over again? Or why should anyone go in there? The more things are doomed to failure that are propped up synthetically there are, the worse the collapse becomes.

I think you have to let the Haitians figure it out. Eventually the gangs will develop into a dictatorship, but no international "solution" will stick.

The upbeat background music really helps with keeping government takeovers pleasant. 😂

I don't think anyone with any real geopolitical understanding seriously expected the Kenyan mission would even happen, not to mention succeed. It doesn't matter how hardened these guys are, they simply don't have the logistical capability to carry out and support such a mission for the long term. Top that with the fact that they are a developing country, facing a SERIOUS, growing threat from Al Shabaab and the likes, and the mission being very unpopular at home... it was doomed from the start. A country like the US or France theoretically have the capability to intervene, but we know they don't want that. Ultimately, the Haitian people need to rise up and face this challenge.