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God damn dude your intro of their history bordlined historical racism nonsense... These people have had over a hundred years of freedom to pull their heads out of their a**es, stop making excuses for these people just because at one time another country was mean to them!
I'm Kenyan and I can assure you our government doesn't give the slightest fuck about the situation in Haiti, it's all about political interest, and as we all know, will only benefit a specific group of people.
Somewhere, probably on a plane on the way to a deployment to Haiti, is a Kenyan soldier who has already spent years doing UN peacekeeping duty in Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, etc. He is saying, "I'm getting too old for this sh%t."
No amount of training for the Jamaican Constabulary Force would prepare them for the fighting in Haiti. The Haitians aren't like the gangs we have here in Jamaica but a heavily armed organized Militia. God Speed to them.
That 7 Nation army is too small to cover the entire country and travel between population centers is slow and difficult. I wish them luck but I believe they are doomed to failure.
Its akin to fighting an insurgency while still working out who’s civilian and who’s hostile and acting in accordance with geneva convention. These situation are really really tricky and I’m actually surprised that its ONLY 7 nations and not more
I worked with Kenyan Police Officers in Mitrovica, Kosovo before 9-11 and after. I was impressed with them. They took enjoyment correcting my America English. They were all professional. Nigerian police were the polar opposites of the Kenyans.
I remember Kenya troops were in Iraq I forget if they were contractors or soldiers or how that worked . Never got to interact with them but they did their jobs well
I am from the Dominican Republic and this situation is worrying me more than ever, recently armed Haitians robed a bank, wounding via standers. I wish strength to my army
I'm heading to near Jaracoba in a few weeks to help build water purification systems. The company has said everything is fine and to not worry. Is that accurate or should I be worried?
Literally caused by your government Haitians are very anti- American because the occupation murdered thousands of people. They reinstalled segregation and left the wealthy lightskins and white in power. Your country government caused this .
well now everything will be fine cuz it was those damnible colonizer countries whos fault it was... uh oh, just heard that the kenyans are saying it isnt working cuz the damnible west isnt supporting them... kek..... jeez just heard from the haitians who are saying it is working because foreigners are interfering with domestic affairs.. if only they werent there everything would be fine
Canada has been there for over 30 years, on and off, as both peacekeepers and as police trying to help. Nothing will change until Haitians decide to change.
@@7Beanss Its a demonic/voodoo/occult thing to put curses on people/stuff or "see the future" or help make a decision. Being Airborne MP he had "freedom" to get into places most people or media cannot. Going through the "police" station was a shortcut he'd until he saw what was going on. He avoided the place after that as you have no idea what evil is lurking there.
Yep they ate all the White people there hundreds of years back, interfering just makes things worse, leave them to whatever fate they decide for themselves, no other nation should be expected to shed one drop of Sweat or Blood for Haiti.
I'm Haitian, currently living in Haiti. First of all, great video and thank you. The situation here is catastrophic. We do need help. Most people who are against the mission of Kenya are delusional and have no idea what's going on here. All the main roads are blocked, it is very difficult to find gas, and anyone can get shot or kidnapped at any moment. The crazy part is all this could have been avoided years ago. What is going on is way deeper than what we can see. I have no idea what the people of Kenya think about all this, but I hope they find a place in their hearts to understand that we just need some help to get back on our feet.
first of all, I'm really sorry to hear that it sounds nothing short of god awful. I hope you and your loved ones are staying safe. my understanding is unblocking the roads and freeing the port is the first goal. I'm really glad we finally heard from someone who is actually living there. I hope this comment gets more upvotes. Whether you agree with intervention there or not I hope people can discuss the situation in a civil manner and understand that either way, the only thing everyone wants is the safety of the civilian population in Haiti.
Well I hope the Kenyans can improve the situation there, but I'm not sure how. I mean, the US military is obviously way more powerful than Kenya, and even they have doubts on whether a military intervention by them would succeed in Haiti, even discounting how controversial it would be. I wonder how well Kenya would do, and the best anyone can do is wish em luck
@@dioniscaraus6124the others ones haven’t failed They actually worked but the Haitian government never created a security plan for when they left and they supported gangs over the police.
Thanks for doing this vid! I went to Haiti a few years ago and it’s a place that’s near and dear in my heart. Our group was escorted by UN troops through the port-at-prince air port, quite intense
@@TaskandpurposeTime to do something that has no historical context. Rep. Hank Johnson could shift everyone to one side and flip it over. (If you don’t get the joke search up Rep. Hank Johnson Guam)
Cause u typical are. No one is doing it out of the good of their heart, just let them deal with that issue on their own want help how about aid. Intervention have shown time and time that it doesn't work at least for the locals.
@@rushyscoper1651 Good perspective. Heh probably a good point on giving Weapon’s as aid too. Everyone seems to have issue maintaining food and medical aid but ask small arms and they arrive by the ton
@@N7-WAR-HOUND in the end of the day who ever gonna take power gang or gov gonna have to step up and make order to rule. U can't prevent and skip such process in a society u mostly gonna halt it until u leave.
@@rushyscoper1651 The reality is nobody wants the gangs to have a chance to hold onto power. If your answer to the problem is just to let what's happening keep happening you'll be disappointed to find that no other country is OK with that
That is calls selfishness. Compared to Hati, Jamaica is a paradise. Personally, I don't mind helping my neighbors and I am sure many Jamaicans feel the same way.
I remember going on a mission trip to Haiti back in like 2014-2015 to do repairs on a orphanage and old folks home we helped fund just outside of port au prince, was sad to hear that it had been raided and destoyed by the gangs...
And what did you THINK would happen? Missionary work is done by those who think prayer makes everything good again. You're all wasting your time & energy and money in that place. Don't think otherwise.
@@ridethecurve55 Well he thought it would help the population and it did, you can't justify inaction by saying "it's all gonna be meaningless eventually" You're wasting your existence by being so nihilistic
And then you'll just be accused of being an occupier if you happen to come from a nation like the US. Nevermind that you sacrificed your time, safety, or money to help people
My brother was sent there in the 1990s. After his stint in Somalia he wasn't excited to go to another Third World Shot Hole, I mean failed state. As if Haiti ever had anything positive going on. But Ft Bragg was raring to go (not). Short version-- he wished he was in Somalia which is hard imagine. What sealed his opinion on Haiti's condition was when he walked thru a Haiti police station. The "police" were all gathered in a circle looking at the floor. They were throwing down chicken bones to see if they should leave the building that day. He zipped outa there ASAP. Don't want to be around while they're consulting demons. Haiti is so in the strangelhold of witchcraft/occult there's no doubt what needs to happen first before doing anything else. But they won't change.
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I’m Haitian, Nice video man. Reading the comments makes me realize how ppl have no idea of what’s actually going on in Haiti. It’s way deeper than that. But the main issue right now is the gangs. We have had gangs for a long time but it was never a threat, tourists used to come and go all the time, specially in the north. But Haiti’s main enemy, its own government, got greedy, and wanted more power. What made it worse is Michelle Martelly, former president. He made it easy to get guns into the country. He armed the gangs like they have never been armed before. Thats when the gangs started getting too much power. The security became worse. Then the greatest president in Haiti for the last 2 decades was elected, he started saying too much, ppl got mad, he fired important ppl, there is a list of 15 guys in Haiti that was getting paid millions for doing nothing, There is no electricity, yet the guy responsible for the electricity was earning more than everyone in the country yet there was no electricity. So the president cut off his eaning. That’s when they had enough, they killed him. Now things got worse than ever, the gangs took the capital and drove the civilians out. What’s crazy is the people who killed the president, many of them talked, yet no one was arrested. The corruption is so big man. Now the people decided to go against the system and everyone in it. Guess what former PM ARIEL DID, He paid the police, got them all to be on one side. They betrayed the people for their paychecks. Beat the people, shoot the ppl. And what pisses the ppl of is that USA was backing the former PM. Finally he quit. Now The all haitians have one guy in mind they want to be their next leader, guess what happened, somehow, we were given a bunch of dudes that nobody trust, one of them was found guilty in the petro caribe money mess. He stole $200,000+ million dollars, yet they put him in charge.
I am Jamaican and I realize that anything to do with us black people nobody really talks about it and or even listens understands ☹️😤😐😑 until it reaches them everybody
Bro your comment should be pinned to the top.., you explained the situation in detail with great chronology @kevonedone6872 is right coz if it was blue eyed blonde hair people there would be a response like Ukraine. That’s crazy man.., looking at all these comments you know how much the blame is placed sorely on the people;- Westerners have a habit of saying “that was long ago” while they sit comfortably on wealth procured by their violent history against nations like Haiti. There’s not an ethnicity incapable of organization.., Any people deprived of basic needs will spiral into abject poverty. People don’t even know that in South Africa the govt put in place affirmative action (for the black majority).,, this in turn sent many regular white people to fend for themselves with no govt assistance. There are now many white people living in shanty towns, their kids get no education & will eventually turn to crime to survive. Don’t believe me? Search on here “poor white South Africans”.,, Coronation park is a big shanty town full of white people. Anyway just in case people here think this is an ethnic problem…
Haiti's real problem is its in the firm talons of satanic forces which they tolerate or engage with. Until they throw off the yoke of the deep evil nothing will change. Nothing at all. God has given humans free will to choose they will serve, they keep choosing evil. Blaming everyone else for self created problems guarantees continued oppression by the dark forces of witchcraft. As the Bible says.....choose this day who YOU will serve.
Hati has been nothing but a stain on the world for CENTURIES and the TRILLIONS in help they have received has done NOTHING to change the country or the people.
As a Brazilian i feel bad for the Brazilians soldiers who went to Haiti, push the gangs off, help to “Reconstruct” the country, all that for nothing 🤦🏼♂️ Such a waste of money, time and life. Seems like the body of the Brazilian soldiers was wasted in vain.
@@Truther945exactly until first worlds like US n France n Canada stop getting in haitis affairs it will stay the same, all Haiti need is ONE good government dats for the Haitian ppl n make new deals n allies, new trade partners etc..
tbf the only Brazilian casualties were caused by the earthquake and the guys who get interviewed often say it was the high point of their military careers cuz they actually got to be deployed somewhere. Shame that MINUSTAH turned out the way it did but I don't think its the same as afghanistan or something
@@MovetanZ03 Nice way to remove agency from Haiti and try to shove all the blame for their failures onto literally everyone but them. A very consistent pattern I've noticed in every discussion about Haiti, the desperate attempt to blame any and every short coming on anyone but Haiti >_>
Sadly MANY are escaping to Dominican Republic and for years Dominicans are complaining about them , their crimes and lack of behavior became a serious issues to the authorities and civil population.
Short answer: no Long answer: Hell no Really long answer: anything short of what El Salvador did will be useless, even then we're talking about floating oil tankers converted into prisons since no structures actually exist to house such numbers and any still standing would be overrun by the gangs.
To do what El Salvador did you need The population to actually like the governments change. Have an ok military and police. Make sure the people still are with you. Haiti has none of these.
Yes, but Haiti is not El Salvador. Haiti is, and always has been, much worse. It is a disaster in every imaginable way, and has been since independence. There's no functional government in Haiti to even try to do what El Sal did, and I have serious doubts they could actually *build* a super-prison like El Sal. The walls would probably collapse, because the contractors who built it used substandard materials and got paid four hundred times what it would have cost if they'd actually done the job right, which they were never competent to do anyway, and only got the contract through the rampant corruption. And even if they could build it, there is no national police force to round up the gangs. They literally got overrun and the gangs overthrew the government. I'm all for the El Sal model, but Haiti is a lost cause.
@@bobnix3240it’s very possible the government has to go about the right way. The last president actually had a similar idea as El Salvador, what a lot folks don’t understand about Haiti, Haiti system is an oligarchy/imperialistic system. Personally I think the U.S needs to stop getting involved all together, and stop supporting the corrupt elites, this way people who are trying to make a difference can, it’s hard to go after a individual if he’s backed by super power.
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The NGO's make it easier for them to cross the border, everytime there's mass deportations all organisations start their slander about human rights violations and racism.
I was there from Sept to Nov 1994 for Uphold Democracy. The Port Au Prince was filter. The garbage mountains were as high as the Warehouse next to the main pier. The 7th group sustainment(Transportation) group with the 10th Mountain division cleared it all out. Was cleared up very well. I returned in Feb1995 for a retrograde operation of a special forces unit out of Ft Freedom (Bragg) I could not believe how filthy the Port was again. Saw mountains of garbage again, etc. It seems like the population doesn't want progress.
Great summary as always. You and your people do some of the best informational videos of political events in digestible format with a nice mix of humor and context. Keep up the good work.
Your reporting on Haiti is some of the most comprehensive I’ve seen. I’m glad you are still keeping up to date to this almost unbelievable chaos that everyone is ignoring.
The challenge is that in the 7 months of delays, sympathizers to the criminals in haiti and other agitators were probably shuffled around and inserted into the command structure responsible for the mission. More global obfuscation and irritation of the issue and then the fallout from the press WILL hinder the peace keeper's effectiveness and about half the U.S. probably wants chaos to continue in haiti.
A Well balanced and Well researched presentation of the situation in Haiti. I have to wait a couple of days after its release, as I feel so for the constant turmoil the county stays in. One of the gangs motivation for power is control of the international drug transfer trade where Haiti is now a conduit route. Prayers and actions needed!
“Fun” fact about Haiti: Jean-Claude Duperval, the acting commander in chief of the Haitian armed forces during Operation Uphold Democracy in 1994 was convicted in absentia of crimes against humanity in 2000, for his role in the Raboteau Massacre, and he was working at Walt Disney World from 1997-2002.
@@johnnyjohn-johnson7738their original African names were erased along with their language, culture, and history. Neither you nor I could understand not knowing where your family is from.
@@ZetaMoolah I think they kept their French names out of lingering jealousy/envy of the French. They could've easily gone back to Afrocentric names if they wished, just like how many Ashkenazi Jews chose Hebrew names when they went to Israel. Many post colonial societies have this complex where they feel like they're constantly living in the shadow of their former masters, for instance the Indian Army during the 1980s bragged about how they were "more British than the British Army".
I am from Brazil, and we received a number of Haitian refugees here, back when they had that earthquake. One of the guys that I knew, single and no family back there, said that, in his case, the disaster was the best thing ever, because he found a way out of there.. That sais a lot about the life conditions and poverty situation BEFORE it had all went to shit... Also the guys at 4:36 were from Brazil's UN Mission there, and I tell you, if half the crazy shit they said happened was true, UN just found a way to have an endless war in theyr hands now. I personally know some soldiers from that mission, and they said a lot when they returned. The only solution possible, according to them, is an all out invasion. The people distrust every single Haitian that shows intention to help or improve the comunity, because all the previous ones were eyther warlords on the making, or trying to profit by exploiting the tragedy. The "authorities" there are sometimes worse than the "rebels", bribes and extortions were rampant. The few they encountered that were willing to actually figth for the people were so worn out that most of them they gave up; they just tried to aid people in finding help, if they can, and refrain from abusing theyr power. Some of them became warlords themselves. So you can see, an all out war against Haiti could bring them all down, clearing the path to new beginings. Nobody believes in anybody, so no one will be able to bring the people together to reconstruct the country. But the foreign help was so far, at least on the surface, real and honest. UN will have to find a way to impose a government, yes, an election will be happening, a president and other cabinets would be created, but the real power will have to come from UN administration, until the situation becomes stable enough, than the Haitian Govt could become the real state. The UN will have to sell to the people that "This Guy" or "That Guy" will save the country, while rebuilding. Once the situation improoved, they elect one of the UN aprooved options, the puppet will be just selling the story that Haiti is rebuilding itself, healing the wounds. Meanwhile, the next options should be prepared, for an actual election, so the efforts would not go to waste on corruption. And for a while after a foreign armed presence will be necessary, to prevent reescalation of violence. BTW, this all is the opinion of the GROUNDPOUNDER, regular Pvt. Joe Schmucatelly, that went there for a couple of months. A single year, and they could see and say all of this... and they believed the upper echelon had even more dishartening opinions, given "the bigger picture" and all of that...
@@basilalias9689 good idea few problems - the Haiti part of the island gets turned upside down every few years by nautral disasters. And someone has to spank the bad apples severely that want to stuff their own pockets with that money - its way too common over there. And i see noone that could do that.
Totally left out Haiti’s own colonial and occupation of the Dominican territories and oppressed the Dominican people until they themselves were thrown out by the Dominican people rising up against them
I love how cappy clearly has a better understanding of how money effects nations. "With inflation, if you can track it over that long of a time frame" is a very aware statement.
@@rileygladue3979They clearly dont, pull your head out of your @ss,this problem is very old and many nations wasted money and lives to no avail. Waste of lives, just let the "country" burn.
@@rileygladue3979 I have met several Haitians and the truth is that they do not want to improve their country, they are literally willing to adopt a different culture and language and become citizens of another country than return, they believe that Haiti is lost and they prefer to flee to other countries like the United States, Mexico or Brazil
Short version: America had a revolution and got George Washington, John Adams, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and JFK. Haiti had a revolution and had, as Cappy said, a rotating merry-go-round of a$$sholes. The US has deployed 4 different times to try and straighten the place out, including most of the 1920s when the Marines ran the place. The UN just left after a couple of decades. It turns to crap as soon as anybody turns their back on the place. Strikingly, the Dominican Republic has gone through many of the same things as Haiti, but while it is fairly poor, it has never reached the Mad Max levels Haiti does on a regular basis. You can see the difference between the two on Google Earth.
A slightly longer part of that short version though : american revolutionaries, once in power, didn't want their own people getting any ideas about revolting again. Haitian independence scare the ever-loving expletive out of them, so they made sure the country was isolated an unstable so their own slave population would not get any ideas. Our revolutionaries were a$$sholes too, but they brought enough wealth that history overlooks that. Haiti was poor and was kept poor, so the same basic people in a different situation produced different results.
Haiti is literally the only black country that literally fought and won a white superpower to earn their freedom, do you think the racist overlords would let that slide. They fear Haiti's warrior spirit even up to this very day. So they will make sure to keep haiti down. I'm from Jamaica, we were granted our freedom, so the white overlords don't fear us, so they don't really oppress us. However, haiti has the spirit of probably the most determined warriors ever to exist on earth: just imagine a land of slaves defeating a first world super power in all out war, using only machete and voodoo.
@@neeneko That sounds like a long-winded way of "It's not my fault, it's somebody else." Just accept they f@ck up a lot. If people can do it, so can countries.
I would note, having lived in one of the countries listed, that the distinction you draw between professional soldier and police officer is often only one of age in the developing world. The majority of police officers where I lived were former soldiers.
For those saying Dominican Republic should help Haiti. They're just clueless of the whole situacion and how much DR have help haiti even now 16% of the goverment budget goes toward health care and education for ilegals hatians which is very unfair for the DR population. Research before talking nonsense.
That is one of the best breakdowns of the Haiti situation up to today I've ever seen, bravo! As someone who spent some time there, no one gets it quite right, but you are an exception.
It wasn't the French, many others have recovered from total war and atomic bombardments, like the rest of fallen states, is the people from the place, and their culture, who are to blame for their failures.
This. For as long as Haitians over there themselves don't shake that victim complex off, they can never expect to improve upon anything for the sake of their own society. As the old saying goes: God helps those who help themselves.
You are forgetting the century of sanctions and political meddling to ensure there was never stability. People and culture are largely irrelevent, that is just a story 'survivors' tell to justify why they won while others lost. Very popular with people in armchairs, but kinda a joke to domain experts who actually study why countries end up different. Though other comments demonstrate the other reason it is so popular.. it is great abuser logic. They can cast the week as everything their fault, while brushing off the actions of the strong. All those UN missions? Before that.. various invasions and blockades, always propping up unpopular governments? No country can survive 200 years of their neighbors deciding that they can not be allowed to be stable. No country can do well when other countries pick their rulers and need them to fail.
You are wrong. None of those countries were fully enslaved and then all the global superpowers purposely held them down, however that is what happened to Haiti. Haiti is literally the only black country that literally fought and won a white superpower to earn their freedom, do you think the racist overlords would let that slide. They fear Haiti's warrior spirit even up to this very day. So they will make sure to keep haiti down. I'm from Jamaica, we were granted our freedom, so the white overlords don't fear us, so they don't really oppress us. However, haiti has the spirit of probably the most determined warriors ever to exist on earth: just imagine a land of slaves defeating a first world super power in all out war, using only machete and voodoo.
@@JD-bs4xy I dunno, you could say the USA has basically paid France's reparations giving Haiti over $20 billion in aid the past few decades (over $10 billion since 2010)
Good for them. If this were to jump the border and catch hold in the DR, it wouldn't be pretty. How to keep the killing weapons and ammo out and from entering would be where I'd begin. But by now, there's probably 5+ years of stocks in the black market already. The country truly is a God-forsaken hell hole.
I was under the impression that Haiti's government had fallen and it was total chaos there. Thanks for info, hopefully for the people there just wanting to peacefully live their lives things will get better sooner rather than later
If the situation can be stabilized, and I’m not sure it can, the infrastructure needs a huge amount of investment to make it workable. The civil services are undermanned and untrained. In 1996 we established training for the new power stations. This was unsuccessful due to a complete lack of academic experience. New students would appear using the same name as last person. You cannot train people to maintain complex equipment this way. The main hospital was hotbed of diseases. The fire department was virtually nonexistent. The list goes on. They want to be free to live their lives but don’t want to be bothered about sewage disposal and water sources. I apologize for this lengthy diatribe but Haiti needs more than temporary stability to succeed as a nation and I don’t see the UN as the vehicle to accomplish this.
Nothing short of incorporation into the DR is gonna work and unless the world is gonna pour 500 billion into it to rebuild they would never take on such a task. Basically it's on a scale of South Korea incorporating and rebuilding NK
DR is spanish culture, Haiti is an implant of Africa in the americas, and they have kept their culture, that provides for small settlement subsistance, this isnhow Haiti is depleted from tress, used for cooking charlcoal
@andrewalderman9489 yes they did. When Haiti invaded and occupied DR for 22 years and extracted the wealth for that purpose. Dominicans had to fight a war of independence against Haiti to get out of that.
Actually great take of giving background and context to their history. Also wtf France with the 122 years of "oh you freed yourselves but now you owe us money".
I find this report valuable. Please continue with ongoing coverage. It’s amazing how the other side of the same island Dominican Republic is stable and prosperous. One would think this close neighbour would be their closest ally but it seems everyone ignores Haiti’s troubles. It’s a beautiful country with beautiful people. They deserve better.
Dominican Republic is their biggest ally. DR spends 400 million dollars of Haitian migrants per year living in DR. DR still gets called xenophobes and racists by the international media.
This wonderfully researched breakdown (from an international perspective) perhaps best answers the "why not the US but someone else" question that the Biden admin hasn't been able to do so far. I wonder why the thieving French government is so silent! Kudos to the narrator and the team! May peace prevail in the great nation of Haiti, and all the best to our Kenyan officers. Greetings from Nairobi.
that's going to be a major question. what will the ROE be. how far will they be allowed to go? My guess is it will be more of an advise and train role to help build up and train the local Haitian security . they might take minor role in unblocking roads. I don't know though obviously just basing that off the low troop numbers of only 2,500
@@Taskandpurpose I'm an electrical engineer, USAF vet, USAR vet, member Florida Sheriffs Association. I see building and maintaining stability includes sufficient electrical power to operate water and wastewater plants, police facilities and their communications, public radio and TV, medical clinics, refrigeration of food and medication, street lights and traffic signals, and air conditioning of important interior functions like local government, hospitals, banks, and schools. UN troops need to secure the people and transportation systems and routes that accomplish these functions. Once schools can be guarded and operate, they further stabilize communities by providing a school nurse, the usually good character of teachers and staff, breakfast, lunch, and a take home supper for students and their families. UN troops need to keep the students and teachers safe. Adults are free to find and conduct work during the day, knowing their children and grandchildren are relatively safe. After school programs for children can enhance parent work income. All of it relies on the integrity of the soldiers, but that should be reinforced by their contact with the people that maintain these systems. When soldiers see these stabilizing functions helping to bring order, they should feel good about their purpose and naturally defend these functions. The community in turn should join associations that support the soldiers, pooling funds to get them body armor (amazingly, this has to be done in poor counties in the State of Florida) strengthening the bond. I am optimistic about these Kenyan soldiers. There is no playing the race or colonial victim card with them personally. Of course, one sees the card playing when they are insulted by being considered foreign puppets. Haitian civilians in police associations and PTAs should do what they can to invest in these soldiers in a direct bond that can last beyond their deployment.
We shouldn't send a dime or any military anything to Haiti. Let the Caribbean Nations around them help them. Look at the country that's next to Haiti on the same island. They don't want anything to do with Haiti for good reason, because it's a hell hole.
your personal interests vs the US govt's interest differ greatly. if there was no good reason to deal with haiti, then they wouldn't bother. its not quite that simple
@@gfys756 and what does Haiti actually have that would interest a colonizer? All it ever had from the beginning was sugar and we already have that figured out.
@@gfys756part of the us's main interest in haiti is just in not seeing yet another massive flood of asylum seekers so large, we can't process them faster than they come in. and thanks to both domestic and international law, we're forced to accept almost every asylum seeker that comes through from these gang-riddled environments. we also have obligations to vet them as well, including checking if they got asylum elsewhere, and we have to make sure they have all proper documentation.
@@gfys756 So by your logic France, maybe with some Spanish help, should clean this mess up. They were responsible for the genocide of the native population and the kidnapping and enslavement of tens of thousands of Africans whose descendants are now living this disaster.
Well UN restored order in Kenya. See the thing is they never brought soldiers here. The thing is the UN cannot restore peace if people of the concerned place aren't actively seeking peace.
Recently, I read in UA-cam comment that a South African Taxi Driver turned to the white passenger that he was driving to the airport and asked him "When will the White Man come back to save us?"
Never! You stole all the farmers land, called them racist, and violently killed thousands. That’s why he went to the airport, to get the hell out of there.
I'm from jamaica and one politician said she can't sit and watch our neighbor haiti in chaos but the question is what is really going to happen with this imtervention, what will it lead to and how will it affect us here in jamaica and others nearby, this is so worrying to me, with the recent migration of some of them to jamaica recently its a cause for concern how things will go😪
Kenya itself is going to shit. The Kenyan President is not listening to his people about this issue and is bribing these cops with money to go to Haiti
Thank you for going over the history and instutional factors that led to Haiti's issues and supporting a stable democratic government. Very insightful and well informed. Instead of many yt comments being ya know... rcst
The gang leader got the nickname "Barbecue" from the fact that his mother ran a small street barbecue stand. Having been to Haiti myself, I can attest to the fact that Haiti has been a troubled country even in the best of times. Sad.
Jamaica is the one that should be dealing with this problem. if Jamaica was trying to solve this issue a long time ago and focusing on building proper relationship with Haiti, the problem wouldn't have reach so far
At some point it would be great to have Sudan covered on the show! Especially potential reasons why the West and/or the UN hasn't taken action against the RSF.
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Haiti should refuse to pay France anymore
edit: i forgot the debt was transferred to citi bank, i haven't been focused on that subject in awhile
Weren't you diffusing explosives on the history channel.
unless he was your twin
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Citibank's PR rep called to say thanks for leaving them out of the video.
God damn dude your intro of their history bordlined historical racism nonsense... These people have had over a hundred years of freedom to pull their heads out of their a**es, stop making excuses for these people just because at one time another country was mean to them!
I'm Kenyan and I can assure you our government doesn't give the slightest fuck about the situation in Haiti, it's all about political interest, and as we all know, will only benefit a specific group of people.
great to hear from someone from Kenya. I hear the deployment there is VERY controversial to say the least.
It’s always like that in Africa and Latin America tbh
@@TylerSolvestriasia and Europe too
@@Taskandpurpose they didn't do anything to al shabab...
Well said and the truth
Somewhere, probably on a plane on the way to a deployment to Haiti, is a Kenyan soldier who has already spent years doing UN peacekeeping duty in Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, etc. He is saying, "I'm getting too old for this sh%t."
And didn't achieve ANYTHING there
@@shafsteryellowso you rather have a free for all? Let them fend for themselves right.
@@kodoklengketSince when did foreign intervention made things better?
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 so my statement again, by your logic: just let them fend for themselves, problem solved.
They don't want help. You can't help someone that doesn't want to help themselves@@kodoklengket
You’re telling me a 7 nation army is going to hold them back?
Not too many Jack Whites in Haiti from what I can see!😆
No amount of training for the Jamaican Constabulary Force would prepare them for the fighting in Haiti. The Haitians aren't like the gangs we have here in Jamaica but a heavily armed organized Militia. God Speed to them.
That 7 Nation army is too small to cover the entire country and travel between population centers is slow and difficult. I wish them luck but I believe they are doomed to failure.
Its akin to fighting an insurgency while still working out who’s civilian and who’s hostile and acting in accordance with geneva convention.
These situation are really really tricky and I’m actually surprised that its ONLY 7 nations and not more
I see you're a man of culture! Good music and BMS fan!? Hell yeah!
International intervention, damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Thats seems accurate for this instance
Lol get Educated on Haiti ..
Leave them alone and work that stuff out amongst themselves. Sometimes that is the only way to learn
Thanks!
I worked with Kenyan Police Officers in Mitrovica, Kosovo before 9-11 and after. I was impressed with them. They took enjoyment correcting my America English. They were all professional. Nigerian police were the polar opposites of the Kenyans.
Interesting perspective.
Kenyan mercenaries good, Nigerian mercenaries bad.
I remember Kenya troops were in Iraq I forget if they were contractors or soldiers or how that worked . Never got to interact with them but they did their jobs well
@@Taskandpurpose They were with Triple Can....
The Kenyan Police were badass in Halo 3 ODST.
I am from the Dominican Republic and this situation is worrying me more than ever, recently armed Haitians robed a bank, wounding via standers. I wish strength to my army
I'm heading to near Jaracoba in a few weeks to help build water purification systems. The company has said everything is fine and to not worry.
Is that accurate or should I be worried?
You guys need a korean style dmz. And haitians should take note how you run a country. Cheers, hope to be able to afford visiting the DR one day.
Eh? Su vecino robo a un banco?
@@dadrising6464the Dominican Republic is just a part of Haiti that rebelled
@@re4796😂😂😂😂
I was there in 1996 for a US Marine humanitarian mission. I never want to go back. That place a is a hell hole.
Literally caused by your government Haitians are very anti- American because the occupation murdered thousands of people. They reinstalled segregation and left the wealthy lightskins and white in power. Your country government caused this .
well now everything will be fine cuz it was those damnible colonizer countries whos fault it was... uh oh, just heard that the kenyans are saying it isnt working cuz the damnible west isnt supporting them... kek..... jeez just heard from the haitians who are saying it is working because foreigners are interfering with domestic affairs.. if only they werent there everything would be fine
So you the one I hit with the rock when I was a younging over there lol
I knew a Haitian born E7 who went back when you did. He said after that he never wanted to be called Haitian again. "Fuck that, I'm from Texas"
Yeah America is one of the problem in Haiti as a Haitian myself I hate America this is why I respect china Venezuela & Russia
Thanks!
Thank you !
Canada has been there for over 30 years, on and off, as both peacekeepers and as police trying to help. Nothing will change until Haitians decide to change.
Brute force gets alot of attention
When the Haitian "police" throw down chicken bones to see if they should leave the building that day, its super obvious what the problem really is.
@@7Beanss Its a demonic/voodoo/occult thing to put curses on people/stuff or "see the future" or help make a decision. Being Airborne MP he had "freedom" to get into places most people or media cannot. Going through the "police" station was a shortcut he'd until he saw what was going on. He avoided the place after that as you have no idea what evil is lurking there.
Haiti needs a authoritarian leader like putin or bukele to fix their country. democracy doesnt work
Yep they ate all the White people there hundreds of years back, interfering just makes things worse, leave them to whatever fate they decide for themselves, no other nation should be expected to shed one drop of Sweat or Blood for Haiti.
I'm Haitian, currently living in Haiti. First of all, great video and thank you.
The situation here is catastrophic. We do need help. Most people who are against the mission of Kenya are delusional and have no idea what's going on here. All the main roads are blocked, it is very difficult to find gas, and anyone can get shot or kidnapped at any moment. The crazy part is all this could have been avoided years ago. What is going on is way deeper than what we can see.
I have no idea what the people of Kenya think about all this, but I hope they find a place in their hearts to understand that we just need some help to get back on our feet.
No offense but why would this intervention work if all the other ones failed?
Haiti needs a military so the state can maintain the monopoly on violence
first of all, I'm really sorry to hear that it sounds nothing short of god awful. I hope you and your loved ones are staying safe. my understanding is unblocking the roads and freeing the port is the first goal. I'm really glad we finally heard from someone who is actually living there. I hope this comment gets more upvotes. Whether you agree with intervention there or not I hope people can discuss the situation in a civil manner and understand that either way, the only thing everyone wants is the safety of the civilian population in Haiti.
Well I hope the Kenyans can improve the situation there, but I'm not sure how. I mean, the US military is obviously way more powerful than Kenya, and even they have doubts on whether a military intervention by them would succeed in Haiti, even discounting how controversial it would be. I wonder how well Kenya would do, and the best anyone can do is wish em luck
@@dioniscaraus6124the others ones haven’t failed
They actually worked but the Haitian government never created a security plan for when they left and they supported gangs over the police.
Thanks for doing this vid! I went to Haiti a few years ago and it’s a place that’s near and dear in my heart. Our group was escorted by UN troops through the port-at-prince air port, quite intense
can't believe they've been living in that kind of situation for years on end, it's horrible and history suggests there is no quick fix
@@TaskandpurposeTime to do something that has no historical context. Rep. Hank Johnson could shift everyone to one side and flip it over.
(If you don’t get the joke search up Rep. Hank Johnson Guam)
@@Taskandpurpose even worse, those that are now grown up dont know it being any other way... not the best soil for a peaceful society
@@Taskandpurposeoh there's a quick fix alright.
@@Default012 ;))) Хэнк Джонсон очень умный
Intervention in Haiti is like intervention in a violent Addicts lifestyle.
You end up being the bad guy
Cause u typical are.
No one is doing it out of the good of their heart, just let them deal with that issue on their own want help how about aid.
Intervention have shown time and time that it doesn't work at least for the locals.
@@rushyscoper1651 Good perspective. Heh probably a good point on giving Weapon’s as aid too. Everyone seems to have issue maintaining food and medical aid but ask small arms and they arrive by the ton
@@N7-WAR-HOUND in the end of the day who ever gonna take power gang or gov gonna have to step up and make order to rule.
U can't prevent and skip such process in a society u mostly gonna halt it until u leave.
Because you are
@@rushyscoper1651 The reality is nobody wants the gangs to have a chance to hold onto power. If your answer to the problem is just to let what's happening keep happening you'll be disappointed to find that no other country is OK with that
I appreciate that you give context to these when a lot of information often lacks the long term historical context!
Here in Jamaica no one wants their Police to go over there. They want them here dealing with our troubles at home.
apparently some kenyan commenters are saying it's a similar situation in kenya
That is calls selfishness. Compared to Hati, Jamaica is a paradise. Personally, I don't mind helping my neighbors and I am sure many Jamaicans feel the same way.
@@edl653 It has the highest number of homicides per capita in the world, so not exactly a paradise.
@@edl653Jamaica is the most dangerous country in the caribbean
@@edl653Jamaica is the most dangerous country in the caribbean
I remember going on a mission trip to Haiti back in like 2014-2015 to do repairs on a orphanage and old folks home we helped fund just outside of port au prince, was sad to hear that it had been raided and destoyed by the gangs...
And what did you THINK would happen? Missionary work is done by those who think prayer makes everything good again. You're all wasting your time & energy and money in that place. Don't think otherwise.
@@ridethecurve55let them they need their Facebook and Instagram post
@@ridethecurve55 Well he thought it would help the population and it did, you can't justify inaction by saying "it's all gonna be meaningless eventually" You're wasting your existence by being so nihilistic
Was it Mitch Albom's orphanage/school?
And then you'll just be accused of being an occupier if you happen to come from a nation like the US. Nevermind that you sacrificed your time, safety, or money to help people
The U.N. is about as useful as a traffic light in GTA 😂😂😂
Only because we don't give them enough support.
What do you expect them to do? Invade other countries?
Big facts just another worldly money pit!
Hahahaha!
My brother was sent there in the 1990s. After his stint in Somalia he wasn't excited to go to another Third World Shot Hole, I mean failed state. As if Haiti ever had anything positive going on. But Ft Bragg was raring to go (not). Short version-- he wished he was in Somalia which is hard imagine.
What sealed his opinion on Haiti's condition was when he walked thru a Haiti police station. The "police" were all gathered in a circle looking at the floor. They were throwing down chicken bones to see if they should leave the building that day. He zipped outa there ASAP. Don't want to be around while they're consulting demons. Haiti is so in the strangelhold of witchcraft/occult there's no doubt what needs to happen first before doing anything else. But they won't change.
I can tell a great deal of detailed work goes into each of your videos, and I appreciate that. You take the time to do the due diligence in your research which is not a common trait. These days there are so many content providers using inaccurate, wonky AI narration (or completely uninformed creators trying for views), dramatic music, and questionable scenes to attract viewers. This is a legit channel reporting on crucial world events, and that is of great value to the public. Thank you.
I’m Haitian, Nice video man. Reading the comments makes me realize how ppl have no idea of what’s actually going on in Haiti. It’s way deeper than that. But the main issue right now is the gangs. We have had gangs for a long time but it was never a threat, tourists used to come and go all the time, specially in the north. But Haiti’s main enemy, its own government, got greedy, and wanted more power. What made it worse is Michelle Martelly, former president. He made it easy to get guns into the country. He armed the gangs like they have never been armed before. Thats when the gangs started getting too much power. The security became worse. Then the greatest president in Haiti for the last 2 decades was elected, he started saying too much, ppl got mad, he fired important ppl, there is a list of 15 guys in Haiti that was getting paid millions for doing nothing, There is no electricity, yet the guy responsible for the electricity was earning more than everyone in the country yet there was no electricity. So the president cut off his eaning. That’s when they had enough, they killed him. Now things got worse than ever, the gangs took the capital and drove the civilians out. What’s crazy is the people who killed the president, many of them talked, yet no one was arrested. The corruption is so big man. Now the people decided to go against the system and everyone in it. Guess what former PM ARIEL DID, He paid the police, got them all to be on one side. They betrayed the people for their paychecks. Beat the people, shoot the ppl. And what pisses the ppl of is that USA was backing the former PM. Finally he quit. Now The all haitians have one guy in mind they want to be their next leader, guess what happened, somehow, we were given a bunch of dudes that nobody trust, one of them was found guilty in the petro caribe money mess. He stole $200,000+ million dollars, yet they put him in charge.
I am Jamaican and I realize that anything to do with us black people nobody really talks about it and or even listens understands ☹️😤😐😑 until it reaches them everybody
Bro your comment should be pinned to the top.., you explained the situation in detail with great chronology @kevonedone6872 is right coz if it was blue eyed blonde hair people there would be a response like Ukraine. That’s crazy man.., looking at all these comments you know how much the blame is placed sorely on the people;- Westerners have a habit of saying “that was long ago” while they sit comfortably on wealth procured by their violent history against nations like Haiti. There’s not an ethnicity incapable of organization.., Any people deprived of basic needs will spiral into abject poverty. People don’t even know that in South Africa the govt put in place affirmative action (for the black majority).,, this in turn sent many regular white people to fend for themselves with no govt assistance. There are now many white people living in shanty towns, their kids get no education & will eventually turn to crime to survive. Don’t believe me? Search on here “poor white South Africans”.,, Coronation park is a big shanty town full of white people. Anyway just in case people here think this is an ethnic problem…
Haiti's real problem is its in the firm talons of satanic forces which they tolerate or engage with. Until they throw off the yoke of the deep evil nothing will change. Nothing at all. God has given humans free will to choose they will serve, they keep choosing evil. Blaming everyone else for self created problems guarantees continued oppression by the dark forces of witchcraft. As the Bible says.....choose this day who YOU will serve.
i also read the comments and from what i understand,kenyan people say the ''cure'' might be worst , and i understand them
Hati has been nothing but a stain on the world for CENTURIES and the TRILLIONS in help they have received has done NOTHING to change the country or the people.
As a Brazilian i feel bad for the Brazilians soldiers who went to Haiti, push the gangs off, help to “Reconstruct” the country, all that for nothing 🤦🏼♂️
Such a waste of money, time and life.
Seems like the body of the Brazilian soldiers was wasted in vain.
going into haiti is a fools errand. This will not be any different.
@@Truther945exactly until first worlds like US n France n Canada stop getting in haitis affairs it will stay the same, all Haiti need is ONE good government dats for the Haitian ppl n make new deals n allies, new trade partners etc..
@@MovetanZ03wake up,France don’t care of Haïti since century
tbf the only Brazilian casualties were caused by the earthquake and the guys who get interviewed often say it was the high point of their military careers cuz they actually got to be deployed somewhere. Shame that MINUSTAH turned out the way it did but I don't think its the same as afghanistan or something
@@MovetanZ03 Nice way to remove agency from Haiti and try to shove all the blame for their failures onto literally everyone but them. A very consistent pattern I've noticed in every discussion about Haiti, the desperate attempt to blame any and every short coming on anyone but Haiti >_>
Sadly MANY are escaping to Dominican Republic and for years Dominicans are complaining about them , their crimes and lack of behavior became a serious issues to the authorities and civil population.
Sounds like they’re getting some cultural enrichment. I’m sure they’re thrilled
@@Greysprunkiyay Sounds like they never had the opportunity to grow up in a safe place or build the skills to live a normal life
@@GreysprunkiyayDR has had some pretty spicy border control responses to previous cultural enrichment if you want to look it up.
@@rileygladue3979 ah just like the cultural enrichment is planning for us.
Isn’t that part of the reasons why the Dominican Republic is building a massive wall?
Short answer: no
Long answer: Hell no
Really long answer: anything short of what El Salvador did will be useless, even then we're talking about floating oil tankers converted into prisons since no structures actually exist to house such numbers and any still standing would be overrun by the gangs.
@@AL-lh2htDon't forget the most important part, a population that actually wants change
@dioniscaraus6124 something that is always skipped over. The people of el Salvador would prefer a dictator over living in some Mad Max hellscape
One question, why would you need prisons? There are simpler solutions...
To do what El Salvador did you need
The population to actually like the governments change.
Have an ok military and police.
Make sure the people still are with you.
Haiti has none of these.
@@AL-lh2ht Not to mention all the gang members in El Salvador have MS-13 tattooed on their faces
Ask El Salvador president and he will tell you how to deal with gangs and corruption.
For real !
Yeah, be the controlling gang.
Yes, but Haiti is not El Salvador. Haiti is, and always has been, much worse. It is a disaster in every imaginable way, and has been since independence. There's no functional government in Haiti to even try to do what El Sal did, and I have serious doubts they could actually *build* a super-prison like El Sal. The walls would probably collapse, because the contractors who built it used substandard materials and got paid four hundred times what it would have cost if they'd actually done the job right, which they were never competent to do anyway, and only got the contract through the rampant corruption. And even if they could build it, there is no national police force to round up the gangs. They literally got overrun and the gangs overthrew the government. I'm all for the El Sal model, but Haiti is a lost cause.
But what about the feral negroes?
@@bobnix3240it’s very possible the government has to go about the right way. The last president actually had a similar idea as El Salvador, what a lot folks don’t understand about Haiti, Haiti system is an oligarchy/imperialistic system. Personally I think the U.S needs to stop getting involved all together, and stop supporting the corrupt elites, this way people who are trying to make a difference can, it’s hard to go after a individual if he’s backed by super power.
Thanks Cappy--Keep us updated on Haiti for sure.
This is the second time recently you've done an in depth situational analysis, and I've got to say, these are some of my favorite posts. Keep it up. I look forward to continued expansion of your repertoire.
Thank you for thinking through complex topics like this, you give me many new perspectives
Great vid brother. I am a retired Army veteran and Haitian immigrant.
I was driving and listening to your video. Hours later, I remembered that I wanted to check out your sponsor, but I forgot which video it was, even after looking at my history. Then I remembered "hairy man" and instantly associated it with you. Well done!
Greatest investigative work on the subject. Well done Sir. From a haitian living abroad.
Always a good day when Cappy drops some knowledge on us! Keep up the awesome videos broham!
On his birthday no less! Happy b-day Capp
@@clamum9648my bday is in February: p
@@Taskandpurpose he's playing coy guys, you silly 🐕 Cappy
Once again you prove to be one of the best, most thorough and well produced news sources out there.
The Dominican Republic had better make sure it's borders, both land and sea, are air tight.
The NGO's make it easier for them to cross the border, everytime there's mass deportations all organisations start their slander about human rights violations and racism.
I was there from Sept to Nov 1994 for Uphold Democracy. The Port Au Prince was filter. The garbage mountains were as high as the Warehouse next to the main pier. The 7th group sustainment(Transportation) group with the 10th Mountain division cleared it all out. Was cleared up very well. I returned in Feb1995 for a retrograde operation of a special forces unit out of Ft Freedom (Bragg) I could not believe how filthy the Port was again. Saw mountains of garbage again, etc. It seems like the population doesn't want progress.
Great summary as always. You and your people do some of the best informational videos of political events in digestible format with a nice mix of humor and context. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your service, both for America and here on UA-cam. Hope you're well.
true...
True...that razor ad was essential 🤙
Your reporting on Haiti is some of the most comprehensive I’ve seen. I’m glad you are still keeping up to date to this almost unbelievable chaos that everyone is ignoring.
Thank you , it’s a tough topic I wanted to do it justice
Thanks for that lucid explanation of the background and complex current situation in Haiti. It was very helpful.
Very good analysis. I'm glad that the Haitians are getting help. I don't think it will change anything but any help is better than none.
Excellent researched and laid out analysis.
That ship has already sailed
🚢And sunk 😢
Great video! As a Haitian American, I appreciate your succent review of the situation in Haiti.
That means a lot coming from a Haitian thanks !
Cappy, you keep stepping up the quality of your content! bravo!
Funny how he failed to mention Haitians butchered and ate every person that wasnt 100% Black on the island, weird huh 🤔
The challenge is that in the 7 months of delays, sympathizers to the criminals in haiti and other agitators were probably shuffled around and inserted into the command structure responsible for the mission. More global obfuscation and irritation of the issue and then the fallout from the press WILL hinder the peace keeper's effectiveness and about half the U.S. probably wants chaos to continue in haiti.
A Well balanced and Well researched presentation of the situation in Haiti. I have to wait a couple of days after its release, as I feel so for the constant turmoil the county stays in. One of the gangs motivation for power is control of the international drug transfer trade where Haiti is now a conduit route. Prayers and actions needed!
“Fun” fact about Haiti: Jean-Claude Duperval, the acting commander in chief of the Haitian armed forces during Operation Uphold Democracy in 1994 was convicted in absentia of crimes against humanity in 2000, for his role in the Raboteau Massacre, and he was working at Walt Disney World from 1997-2002.
Imagine being a black guy named "Jean-Claude".
@@johnnyjohn-johnson7738 It makes sense since he's Haitian? Haiti has heavy French cultural influence.
@@walnzell9328 Weird how they have French names, when they hate French people and basically wiped them out during a revolutionary genocide.
@@johnnyjohn-johnson7738their original African names were erased along with their language, culture, and history. Neither you nor I could understand not knowing where your family is from.
@@ZetaMoolah I think they kept their French names out of lingering jealousy/envy of the French. They could've easily gone back to Afrocentric names if they wished, just like how many Ashkenazi Jews chose Hebrew names when they went to Israel. Many post colonial societies have this complex where they feel like they're constantly living in the shadow of their former masters, for instance the Indian Army during the 1980s bragged about how they were "more British than the British Army".
I am from Brazil, and we received a number of Haitian refugees here, back when they had that earthquake.
One of the guys that I knew, single and no family back there, said that, in his case, the disaster was the best thing ever, because he found a way out of there..
That sais a lot about the life conditions and poverty situation BEFORE it had all went to shit...
Also the guys at 4:36 were from Brazil's UN Mission there, and I tell you, if half the crazy shit they said happened was true, UN just found a way to have an endless war in theyr hands now. I personally know some soldiers from that mission, and they said a lot when they returned.
The only solution possible, according to them, is an all out invasion.
The people distrust every single Haitian that shows intention to help or improve the comunity, because all the previous ones were eyther warlords on the making, or trying to profit by exploiting the tragedy.
The "authorities" there are sometimes worse than the "rebels", bribes and extortions were rampant. The few they encountered that were willing to actually figth for the people were so worn out that most of them they gave up; they just tried to aid people in finding help, if they can, and refrain from abusing theyr power.
Some of them became warlords themselves. So you can see, an all out war against Haiti could bring them all down, clearing the path to new beginings.
Nobody believes in anybody, so no one will be able to bring the people together to reconstruct the country. But the foreign help was so far, at least on the surface, real and honest.
UN will have to find a way to impose a government, yes, an election will be happening, a president and other cabinets would be created, but the real power will have to come from UN administration, until the situation becomes stable enough, than the Haitian Govt could become the real state.
The UN will have to sell to the people that "This Guy" or "That Guy" will save the country, while rebuilding. Once the situation improoved, they elect one of the UN aprooved options, the puppet will be just selling the story that Haiti is rebuilding itself, healing the wounds.
Meanwhile, the next options should be prepared, for an actual election, so the efforts would not go to waste on corruption. And for a while after a foreign armed presence will be necessary, to prevent reescalation of violence.
BTW, this all is the opinion of the GROUNDPOUNDER, regular Pvt. Joe Schmucatelly, that went there for a couple of months.
A single year, and they could see and say all of this... and they believed the upper echelon had even more dishartening opinions, given "the bigger picture" and all of that...
A part of the plan will have to include some country stepping up to provide massive foreign investment like they did to post ww2 germany and japan.
@@basilalias9689 good idea few problems - the Haiti part of the island gets turned upside down every few years by nautral disasters.
And someone has to spank the bad apples severely that want to stuff their own pockets with that money - its way too common over there.
And i see noone that could do that.
@@billklatsch5058 А Доминиканской республике, расположенной с Гаити на одном острове, не бывает катастроф?
@@user-mh5xk6fl1x I suspect they do - hurricanes and earthquakes, but the Dominicans, as a society, don't sit on their ass waiting for handouts.
Totally left out Haiti’s own colonial and occupation of the Dominican territories and oppressed the Dominican people until they themselves were thrown out by the Dominican people rising up against them
That doesn't fit the narrative
😂😂😂
@@williamanderson6006yes it does
@@williamanderson6006 omg you're to smart escaped the matrix birds arent real
@@Tuysicom wow really got me on that one that 60 IQ really working overtime for ya
I love how cappy clearly has a better understanding of how money effects nations. "With inflation, if you can track it over that long of a time frame" is a very aware statement.
that guys walking with a mattress on his head! amazing! 0:22
Hati is a long-time mess. In the end the only way it's going to be resolved is if the people of Hati want it to be.
They apparently don't.
@@LivingTreeCarpentry I'm sure most of them do, but it's such a mess that any effort at organizing it is going to take a long time and dedication
@@rileygladue3979They clearly dont, pull your head out of your @ss,this problem is very old and many nations wasted money and lives to no avail. Waste of lives, just let the "country" burn.
@@rileygladue3979 I have met several Haitians and the truth is that they do not want to improve their country, they are literally willing to adopt a different culture and language and become citizens of another country than return, they believe that Haiti is lost and they prefer to flee to other countries like the United States, Mexico or Brazil
@@armandoventura9043😂😂 that is not true. Haiti Will rise 🇭🇹🇭🇹❤️
Oh, a violent and well armed militant force mixed in with an indestinguishable civilian population. I think I've read this book before.
Northern Ireland ?
@@standardprocedure7017 Afganistan?
Vietnam?
This is definitely not happening in Gaza...no sireee, all victims over there
@@BillClinton228 Nah that's literally an apartheid situation u bot.
Short version: America had a revolution and got George Washington, John Adams, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and JFK.
Haiti had a revolution and had, as Cappy said, a rotating merry-go-round of a$$sholes.
The US has deployed 4 different times to try and straighten the place out, including most of the 1920s when the Marines ran the place. The UN just left after a couple of decades. It turns to crap as soon as anybody turns their back on the place.
Strikingly, the Dominican Republic has gone through many of the same things as Haiti, but while it is fairly poor, it has never reached the Mad Max levels Haiti does on a regular basis. You can see the difference between the two on Google Earth.
Different people.
A slightly longer part of that short version though : american revolutionaries, once in power, didn't want their own people getting any ideas about revolting again. Haitian independence scare the ever-loving expletive out of them, so they made sure the country was isolated an unstable so their own slave population would not get any ideas.
Our revolutionaries were a$$sholes too, but they brought enough wealth that history overlooks that. Haiti was poor and was kept poor, so the same basic people in a different situation produced different results.
Haiti is literally the only black country that literally fought and won a white superpower to earn their freedom, do you think the racist overlords would let that slide. They fear Haiti's warrior spirit even up to this very day. So they will make sure to keep haiti down.
I'm from Jamaica, we were granted our freedom, so the white overlords don't fear us, so they don't really oppress us. However, haiti has the spirit of probably the most determined warriors ever to exist on earth: just imagine a land of slaves defeating a first world super power in all out war, using only machete and voodoo.
@@neeneko That sounds like a long-winded way of "It's not my fault, it's somebody else." Just accept they f@ck up a lot. If people can do it, so can countries.
@@AL-lh2ht That's a good point. We dodged a lot of other bullets, too. (only one civil war, no military strongmen, etc)
I would note, having lived in one of the countries listed, that the distinction you draw between professional soldier and police officer is often only one of age in the developing world. The majority of police officers where I lived were former soldiers.
Someplaces are broken beyond repair.
LMFAO, those gang members with AR15's and no irons or optics.
They are for civillians
To them its a loud boomstick that sprays bullets in a general direction 😂
no different than half the banger in killago detriot and compton!!! just something to wave around make noise and show off with!!!
20:20 you can see a literal boom stick.
They dont to recrational target shooting they hunt civilians...
The gangs have been executing civilians just for walking outside. Its really bad.
Yeah, but it's diverse!
Don’t forget the cannibalism of those civilian bodies, a total disgrace to your own people
@@grandtheftavocado ...What the fuck are you talking about, you psychotic?
@@grandtheftavocado What even is the point of this comment? There's no substance to any of it
@@rileygladue3979 there's a rich diverse culture over there. You should go there and see for yourself!
For those saying Dominican Republic should help Haiti. They're just clueless of the whole situacion and how much DR have help haiti even now 16% of the goverment budget goes toward health care and education for ilegals hatians which is very unfair for the DR population. Research before talking nonsense.
Haiti needs to figure out Haitis problems. Otherwise this will just be a continuous problem.
Enjoyed this video and briefing - thanks
You make really amazing videos. Well done, friend.
That is one of the best breakdowns of the Haiti situation up to today I've ever seen, bravo!
As someone who spent some time there, no one gets it quite right, but you are an exception.
No?
@@zoch9797 I can see you put a lot of thought into your response
Thank you I appreciate that , I tried to explain the situation best I could
It wasn't the French, many others have recovered from total war and atomic bombardments, like the rest of fallen states, is the people from the place, and their culture, who are to blame for their failures.
Exactly, example Poland, Singapore, S Korea, Japan, half of eastern Europe etc.
This. For as long as Haitians over there themselves don't shake that victim complex off, they can never expect to improve upon anything for the sake of their own society.
As the old saying goes: God helps those who help themselves.
You are forgetting the century of sanctions and political meddling to ensure there was never stability.
People and culture are largely irrelevent, that is just a story 'survivors' tell to justify why they won while others lost. Very popular with people in armchairs, but kinda a joke to domain experts who actually study why countries end up different.
Though other comments demonstrate the other reason it is so popular.. it is great abuser logic. They can cast the week as everything their fault, while brushing off the actions of the strong. All those UN missions? Before that.. various invasions and blockades, always propping up unpopular governments? No country can survive 200 years of their neighbors deciding that they can not be allowed to be stable. No country can do well when other countries pick their rulers and need them to fail.
100% right!
You are wrong. None of those countries were fully enslaved and then all the global superpowers purposely held them down, however that is what happened to Haiti. Haiti is literally the only black country that literally fought and won a white superpower to earn their freedom, do you think the racist overlords would let that slide. They fear Haiti's warrior spirit even up to this very day. So they will make sure to keep haiti down.
I'm from Jamaica, we were granted our freedom, so the white overlords don't fear us, so they don't really oppress us. However, haiti has the spirit of probably the most determined warriors ever to exist on earth: just imagine a land of slaves defeating a first world super power in all out war, using only machete and voodoo.
Please update as you can 🙏. We don’t get enough deep reporting like this about Haiti despite it being so close to the US.
No. Haitians will claim UN “oppressed” them.
So it's just a hot mess that has never been fixed
Believe me, the world has tried to fix it lol
@@muddyhotdog4103the USA holds a grudge 🤷🏾♂️
@@JD-bs4xy I dunno, you could say the USA has basically paid France's reparations giving Haiti over $20 billion in aid the past few decades (over $10 billion since 2010)
That why we give them billions
It did have a long period of peace, but was set back into chaos after the 1999 earthquake.
We just left the Dominican Republic and they are very uptight on port security and identifying everyone at multiple checkpoints and id checks
Good for them. If this were to jump the border and catch hold in the DR, it wouldn't be pretty. How to keep the killing weapons and ammo out and from entering would be where I'd begin. But by now, there's probably 5+ years of stocks in the black market already.
The country truly is a God-forsaken hell hole.
Considering the absolute hellhole they live right next to, I don't blame them.
One of my cruise stops in the Dominican republic and I don't even think I want to get off the ship. Don't want to risk it.
@@SolidSnake_1776 nah man you will be fine.
@@SolidSnake_1776 grow a pair 😂😂
The Dominican Republic is right next door and they seem to have their S#!+ together why can Haiti?
genetics
'The French revolution in San Domingo '
-T. Lothrop Stoddard gives the best insight on this event.
This panning out like the Van Damme Streetfighter movie 🤜🏾
I was under the impression that Haiti's government had fallen and it was total chaos there. Thanks for info, hopefully for the people there just wanting to peacefully live their lives things will get better sooner rather than later
I think that's partially true! since then Haiti has been working hard to piece things back together.
There is a government but they are not doing much...
The president fled with the money
If the situation can be stabilized, and I’m not sure it can, the infrastructure needs a huge amount of investment to make it workable. The civil services are undermanned and untrained. In 1996 we established training for the new power stations. This was unsuccessful due to a complete lack of academic experience. New students would appear using the same name as last person. You cannot train people to maintain complex equipment this way. The main hospital was hotbed of diseases. The fire department was virtually nonexistent. The list goes on. They want to be free to live their lives but don’t want to be bothered about sewage disposal and water sources. I apologize for this lengthy diatribe but Haiti needs more than temporary stability to succeed as a nation and I don’t see the UN as the vehicle to accomplish this.
Nothing short of incorporation into the DR is gonna work and unless the world is gonna pour 500 billion into it to rebuild they would never take on such a task. Basically it's on a scale of South Korea incorporating and rebuilding NK
As a Kenyan the only worry is the rules of engagement.
How come its neighbor the DR is nowhere near as bad and disorganized as Haiti?
Потому, что в Доминикане живут не негры, а креолы.
Dominican Republic never had to pay France for it's revolt against French occupation.
DR is spanish culture, Haiti is an implant of Africa in the americas, and they have kept their culture, that provides for small settlement subsistance, this isnhow Haiti is depleted from tress, used for cooking charlcoal
@andrewalderman9489 yes they did. When Haiti invaded and occupied DR for 22 years and extracted the wealth for that purpose. Dominicans had to fight a war of independence against Haiti to get out of that.
France and Wall Street extortion
Actually great take of giving background and context to their history. Also wtf France with the 122 years of "oh you freed yourselves but now you owe us money".
Oh, this is gonna be fun to watch.
Great video as always. Thanks!
I find this report valuable. Please continue with ongoing coverage. It’s amazing how the other side of the same island Dominican Republic is stable and prosperous. One would think this close neighbour would be their closest ally but it seems everyone ignores Haiti’s troubles. It’s a beautiful country with beautiful people. They deserve better.
Haiti’s is a shithole, Why do you think only poor black people live there?
They hate God what do u spect from people that dont even give a f u c k about their own? They eat each other cannibals
Dominican Republic is their biggest ally. DR spends 400 million dollars of Haitian migrants per year living in DR. DR still gets called xenophobes and racists by the international media.
Why? The 2 are historical enemies, no one likes to be enslaved for 22 years under the guise of preventing colonization.
Why are they not called terrorists? 🤔
@@gfys756 From who though?
cuz they are black and they are victims and they want to paint the Dominican Republic as the bad guys
@@gfys756 Hahahaha. Let your imagination run wild and free.
@@gfys756 All this talk about "colonizers" is BS. There is nothing of value in Haiti, unless you value murder, rape, disease and corruption.
@@gfys756the Europeans and Americans are colonizing Haiti? Are you being serious?
This wonderfully researched breakdown (from an international perspective) perhaps best answers the "why not the US but someone else" question that the Biden admin hasn't been able to do so far. I wonder why the thieving French government is so silent! Kudos to the narrator and the team! May peace prevail in the great nation of Haiti, and all the best to our Kenyan officers. Greetings from Nairobi.
The UN troops should be allowed to conduct preemptive strikes and not only defensive operations....
I agree
They can. But that would require a complete removal of the Geneva Convention and no hands tied ROE.
Exactly 👍
that's going to be a major question. what will the ROE be. how far will they be allowed to go? My guess is it will be more of an advise and train role to help build up and train the local Haitian security . they might take minor role in unblocking roads. I don't know though obviously just basing that off the low troop numbers of only 2,500
“Unblock roads” has got to be the best euphemism I’ve heard all year 😆
Could do with a bit of that back in the US!
@@Taskandpurpose I'm an electrical engineer, USAF vet, USAR vet, member Florida Sheriffs Association. I see building and maintaining stability includes sufficient electrical power to operate water and wastewater plants, police facilities and their communications, public radio and TV, medical clinics, refrigeration of food and medication, street lights and traffic signals, and air conditioning of important interior functions like local government, hospitals, banks, and schools. UN troops need to secure the people and transportation systems and routes that accomplish these functions. Once schools can be guarded and operate, they further stabilize communities by providing a school nurse, the usually good character of teachers and staff, breakfast, lunch, and a take home supper for students and their families. UN troops need to keep the students and teachers safe. Adults are free to find and conduct work during the day, knowing their children and grandchildren are relatively safe. After school programs for children can enhance parent work income. All of it relies on the integrity of the soldiers, but that should be reinforced by their contact with the people that maintain these systems. When soldiers see these stabilizing functions helping to bring order, they should feel good about their purpose and naturally defend these functions. The community in turn should join associations that support the soldiers, pooling funds to get them body armor (amazingly, this has to be done in poor counties in the State of Florida) strengthening the bond. I am optimistic about these Kenyan soldiers. There is no playing the race or colonial victim card with them personally. Of course, one sees the card playing when they are insulted by being considered foreign puppets. Haitian civilians in police associations and PTAs should do what they can to invest in these soldiers in a direct bond that can last beyond their deployment.
The Dominican Republic now has ~12,000 soldiers along the border. Once the international force enter Haiti, this number will be increased.
Good!!!
Dominican border guards are known for being bribed into letting Haitians in lol
We shouldn't send a dime or any military anything to Haiti. Let the Caribbean Nations around them help them. Look at the country that's next to Haiti on the same island. They don't want anything to do with Haiti for good reason, because it's a hell hole.
your personal interests vs the US govt's interest differ greatly. if there was no good reason to deal with haiti, then they wouldn't bother. its not quite that simple
@@gfys756 and what does Haiti actually have that would interest a colonizer? All it ever had from the beginning was sugar and we already have that figured out.
@@gfys756part of the us's main interest in haiti is just in not seeing yet another massive flood of asylum seekers so large, we can't process them faster than they come in.
and thanks to both domestic and international law, we're forced to accept almost every asylum seeker that comes through from these gang-riddled environments. we also have obligations to vet them as well, including checking if they got asylum elsewhere, and we have to make sure they have all proper documentation.
@@gfys756what is America gonna "colonize" over there? The rubble?
@@gfys756 So by your logic France, maybe with some Spanish help, should clean this mess up. They were responsible for the genocide of the native population and the kidnapping and enslavement of tens of thousands of Africans whose descendants are now living this disaster.
One more great video from you, respects for your work
Less than 30 seconds in and “Seven Nation Army” is already playing
So much money over the DECADES went to Haiti. Why and to what end? Why does the DR keep ticking along?
Keep Up the Good Work !!!!!
Doesn't the UN have a zero win record in restoring order?
If it was easy everyone would be doing it.
Well UN restored order in Kenya. See the thing is they never brought soldiers here.
The thing is the UN cannot restore peace if people of the concerned place aren't actively seeking peace.
Somalia is doing pretty well under a UN mandate.
Thought it was under the AU mandate they are successful
Serbia/Kroatia iirc
Great Work!!! Well put together, informative video on a complex topic.
Recently, I read in UA-cam comment that a South African Taxi Driver turned to the white passenger that he was driving to the airport and asked him "When will the White Man come back to save us?"
Never! You stole all the farmers land, called them racist, and violently killed thousands. That’s why he went to the airport, to get the hell out of there.
I'm from jamaica and one politician said she can't sit and watch our neighbor haiti in chaos but the question is what is really going to happen with this imtervention, what will it lead to and how will it affect us here in jamaica and others nearby, this is so worrying to me, with the recent migration of some of them to jamaica recently its a cause for concern how things will go😪
My advice is this: don't accept immigrants from Haiti for now.
Politicians are posturing hypocrites
@@Meriamen yeah but remember not all are bad
Kenya is like that friend who keeps stumbling up on excuses on not going on the trip
Well to be fair, it's Haiti, almost nobody wants to help that hell hole.
Kenya itself is going to shit. The Kenyan President is not listening to his people about this issue and is bribing these cops with money to go to Haiti
Those Kenyan troops look pretty good. Seemingly a solid force.
He'll yeah go Kenya!!!
The best in Africa
They were trained by US Special Operations
GREAT JOB ON REPORTING .ITS SO SAD GANGS DESTROY ANY ATTEMPT TO SOLVE HAITIS PROBLEM!!!!
Thank you for going over the history and instutional factors that led to Haiti's issues and supporting a stable democratic government. Very insightful and well informed. Instead of many yt comments being ya know... rcst
Nepalese shit water was probably the cleanest thing in Haiti at that time.
Just like your mothers breath 🙃
Sad but true.
The gang leader got the nickname "Barbecue" from the fact that his mother ran a small street barbecue stand.
Having been to Haiti myself, I can attest to the fact that Haiti has been a troubled country even in the best of times. Sad.
No, its because he barbecues people. Cannibalism is rife there
They're sending in a Seven Nation Army?
I heard, not even that, could hold them back.
The second I heard it that song started playing in my head
Oh god, the shitpost videos
Jamaica is the one that should be dealing with this problem. if Jamaica was trying to solve this issue a long time ago and focusing on building proper relationship with Haiti, the problem wouldn't have reach so far
At some point it would be great to have Sudan covered on the show!
Especially potential reasons why the West and/or the UN hasn't taken action against the RSF.