Huh? Just for clarity’s sake, is this a good or bad thing?
Depends on how you see it. Last time U.N. peacekeepers were in Haiti it was a complete disaster. They were caught running child sex trafficking rings.
It was in fact, so prolific there is an entire wiki dedicated to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_by_UN_peacekeepers
On the other hand, without some sort of outside intervention or help the status quo in Haiti will remain. I don’t really think any of it is " good " so to speak but I struggle to imagine another U.N. mission will bring about fruitful results for anyone involved.
I’m not going to deny the shitshow it was last time the UN sent troops to Haiti but here’s me naively hoping that this kind of mess doesn’t repeat.
On thing I read these days it’s a good thing they’re sending police officers (who are generally charged to return things to order and peace) and not soldiers (who, generally, are tasked to destroy an enemy).
Granted that’s a broad generalisation since I don’t believe UN peacekeeping troops are sent to places with the explicit orders to destroy something but I think there is a difference in the general mindset and training between police an military.
So maybe, maybe this will do some good? If Kenya is allowed to send police officers.
If you read the wiki it details that police and soldiers took part in the abuse alike. Of course this doesn’t happen with every U.N. deployment, but the bad blood and amnesty towards peacekeepers will not be easily forgotten by the locals.
The courts are probably saving everyone some trouble here.
