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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @faithandcredit 18 Oct 2022 \ parent \ on: Daily discussion thread
The UN is not going to help, they will just have a presence for decades, funneling money into special interests and meanwhile the people stay poor and in conflict. For example the Central African Republic had UN support for almost 10 years, it wasnt until Russians offered to help that the civil war ended. And it only took 10 months. And i dont believe that is propaganda because it was mentioned by several citizens in CAR by a youtuber who just wanted to know what life was like there. He found these people randomly.
I did not say that the UN was going to help, in fact they have been there since 2004 but they have not been able to contain the violence and corruption. The troops that are there are blue helmets (peace troops). But the country is in chaos, the poverty rates are alarming and not to mention the violence, in fact the recently elected president was assassinated in 2021. I think what is planned now is for troops from the USA and Canada to go
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Here's a little perspective on the US involvement in Haiti:
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/haiti
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And a more recent historical take:
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1129223050/the-history-of-u-s-intervention-in-haiti-is-stopping-u-s-officials-from-interven
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