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68 sats \ 6 replies \ @Satosora 21 Jul 2024 \ on: Kenya Begins Patrols In Haiti With US Vehicles news
I thought they would be the NGO white toyotas, I guess not. They got the garbage humvees?
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25 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 OP 21 Jul 2024
Apparently. Either way it's the US directing the operation.
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69 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 21 Jul 2024
Hasnt the USA always been involved with haiti? In one way or another?
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14 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 21 Jul 2024
Yes. They're worried about the optics.
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 22 Jul 2024
Im sure that once haiti is up and running, the USA will take all the credit. I can already see Trump saying he did it lol
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 21 Jul 2024
I remember Senator Jesse Helms asking Secretary of State Warren Christopher questions about Haiti in 1995.
Churchill would not have done that!
Edit: it was 1993!
https://greensboro.com/helms-assails-christopher-support-of-aristide-criticized/article_3d955c51-01b2-5cab-b5de-d6970d36372e.html
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 21 Jul 2024
Haiti is completely unfunctional at the moment. At this level it's complete unnecessary to classify it as US lead or whoevers interest - it doesn't matter when trying to address the very basics
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