The US Air Force press release states, in a missed context message, that cholera crisis needed access via improved security. (so, warlords leveraging access to meds and hospitals in trade for money?)
The delivery of the vital equipment was part of a joint operation involving U.S. Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft.
The delivered equipment will help the HNP ensure access to vital resources and infrastructure urgently needed in Haiti to respond to a public-health crisis following a recent rise of cholera cases in the country.
They assessed how the U.S. government can continue providing various forms of assistance aimed at helping the country improve security and respond to the growing humanitarian crisis.
Together with the Haitian government, the United States and Canada affirm the importance of working together to support the restoration of security in Haiti in partnership with the international community.
https://www.southcom.mil/News/PressReleases/Article/3189699/us-air-force-delivers-haitian-national-police-equipment-to-haiti/
Ahhhh... NPR cuts through the PC bullshit, "The U.S. and Canada sent armored vehicles and supplies to Haiti to help fight a gang"
Ahhhh... NPR cuts through the PC bullshit, "The U.S. and Canada sent armored vehicles and supplies to Haiti to help fight a gang"
A request from the Haitian government resulted in the U.S. Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force joint operation deployment of foreign troops to help Haitian police fight a powerful gang
"This equipment will assist (Haiti's National Police) in their fight against criminal actors who are fomenting violence and disrupting the flow of critically-needed humanitarian assistance, hindering efforts to halt the spread of cholera," the State Department said.
Which isn't the situation... reading on to the bottom of the article gets past the smoke screen about cholera - and it's about the fuel terminal on the island getting overrun because of the record high gas prices
The equipment arrived more than a month after one of Haiti's most powerful gangs surrounded a fuel terminal and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
Demonstrators also have blocked roads in major cities to protest a sharp rise in fuel prices after Henry announced in early September that his administration could no longer afford to subsidize fuel.
Since then, gas stations have closed, hospitals have cut back on services and banks and grocery stores open on a limited basis as fuel, water and other supplies dwindle across Haiti.
The owners of the fuel terminal announced Saturday that armed men had attacked their installations for a second time and fled with more than 28,000 gallons of petroleum products after overpowering surveillance and emergency personnel at the facility.
It was the second time this week that armed men broke into the terminal, which stores more than 10 million gallons of gasoline and diesel and more than 800,000 gallons of kerosene.
Since then, gas stations have closed, hospitals have cut back on services and banks and grocery stores open on a limited basis as fuel, water and other supplies dwindle across Haiti.
The owners of the fuel terminal announced Saturday that armed men had attacked their installations for a second time and fled with more than 28,000 gallons of petroleum products after overpowering surveillance and emergency personnel at the facility.
It was the second time this week that armed men broke into the terminal, which stores more than 10 million gallons of gasoline and diesel and more than 800,000 gallons of kerosene.
In fact, the Hill.com cut past all the bullshit, and jumped right to the issue at hand:
Think I once saw this happening, in a movie called 'Mad Max'...
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