Monday, April 3, 2023
EDITOR, The Tribune.
I have been watching several television shows on You Tube from Haiti in the past weeks. Three hours of Aljazeera’s show this morning was filmed in Haiti. The cameras revealed poverty at its worst; children that are suffering, rodents, litter and garbage, protests on the streets accompanied by the burning of tyres, a police service, that is overwhelmed and a state of complete disorder. What I saw was not only very sad, frightening. Haiti, in particular Port au Prince, is apparently the most unsafe place in the world to be. Add cholera to the present situation.
It is obvious why Haitians are leaving their country. The business of smugglers is thriving. The Dominican Republic has stationed troops on its border and is building a wall to keep Haitians out of their country during this crisis. There are invasions by Haitian nationals trying to get to the USA through Columbia and Mexico. Many of those arriving here are trying to get to the USA. The guns used by the gangs appear to be the AK47 and the AR15, that our Police Service are finding in the hands of criminals here. Very often the guns are without serial numbers. We must make our southern border impregnable. Immediate action is needed to save Haiti and its people. It must come from the United Nations, the Organisation of the American States and the CARICOM nations.
As I see it, the only solution is military occupation by an international, force, with enough resources to overwhelm, deplete and eradicate the gangs. Occupy Haiti until safety, security and peace can be restored. After which democratic elections are to be held. During the occupation nations of the world could be asked to provide food, water and other resources needed by the population. The Police Service to improve manpower resources and equipment, technology and training. The occupation by the international force could be reduced in numbers until safety and security is completely restored.
International troops occupied Germany and Japan. The USA invaded Grenada to remove the Cuban invaders and remained for a while until peace, safety and security were restored. Haiti needs the same.
PAUL THOMPSON Sr
Nassau,
February 27, 2023.
Comments
GodSpeed says...
You mention the occupation of Germany and Japan after WW2, but those occupations weren't because the Germans and Japanese couldn't run a functional government and society as is the case with the Haitians. Those occupations were to make sure those two powerful nations would become vassals of the allied powers that just spent blood to conquer them. Why would anyone send their loved ones to risk losing their lives sorting out Haiti? Haitians would be better off under an authoritarian government like the Chinese Communists. A government that controls how many children you're allowed to have when you're too stupid to stop having them even though you can't feed them.
Your suggestion for the UN is agreeable. The UN, (which likes to bother functional nations and try to tell us what to do) they should go make Haiti their pet project, as well as all the other $h!t holes on the planet. Show the world how you can manage a mess into a success instead of bothering nations that are already functional.
Posted 3 April 2023, 7:40 p.m. Suggest removal
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