I make it a point to follow world politics, and I think something bigger is happening in Haiti than we realize. Haiti is incredibly poor and unstable, and it has vast untapped natural resources. That makes it a potential target of bad actors (and I'm talking Russia and China here, and WTF knows who else). Their president was assassinated a few months ago, and we still don't know who was ultimately behind it. Some rich Florida businessman was labeled as the culprit, but nobody has any real idea of whether or not that was actually the whole case. A bunch of highly-trained Columbian mercenaries were lured into taking some job that was sold to them as a "good guys vs. bad guys" liberation movement, but they didn't actually kill the president. They are now in Haitian prison, and were used as scapegoats by someone who financed the Florida businessman and orchestrated the assassination from behind the scenes (my opinion).
The resources of Haiti is what had me interested in this in the first place, and it was only exacerbated when 10-15,000 Haitians basically stormed the border this week. They were apparently victims of a social media disinformation campaign, because no policy shift and no offering occurred that would make them think it was the right time to all come together and seek refuge. If anything, they would have done it a few years ago when Trump was threatening to change our policy. Why they would all randomly come together and do it now, almost a year into Biden, doesn't make any sense. It's too easy. My best guess is that Russia or China has a long-term plan to exploit the resources of the country, and to plant a government there that will be a thorn in our side (much like Cuba), but it's still too early to tell. I firmly believe, though, that, unfortunately, some real s*** is going to go down in Haiti over the next several years, and that it could lead to a worldwide conflict.
This social media disinformation gem that Russia has unearthed is going to turn out to be a real fvcker. I mean, look at how well-educated the USA is in general, and look at how it messed with us. Now drop that kind of online campaign into third world countries without the education that is often required to see through such BS, and you have a game changer.
Hell, if you can type out a bunch of BS online and get 10,000+ people to flee to our southern border, imagine what you could do internally in Haiti. It may have been just a test.
The resources of Haiti is what had me interested in this in the first place, and it was only exacerbated when 10-15,000 Haitians basically stormed the border this week. They were apparently victims of a social media disinformation campaign, because no policy shift and no offering occurred that would make them think it was the right time to all come together and seek refuge. If anything, they would have done it a few years ago when Trump was threatening to change our policy. Why they would all randomly come together and do it now, almost a year into Biden, doesn't make any sense. It's too easy. My best guess is that Russia or China has a long-term plan to exploit the resources of the country, and to plant a government there that will be a thorn in our side (much like Cuba), but it's still too early to tell. I firmly believe, though, that, unfortunately, some real s*** is going to go down in Haiti over the next several years, and that it could lead to a worldwide conflict.
This social media disinformation gem that Russia has unearthed is going to turn out to be a real fvcker. I mean, look at how well-educated the USA is in general, and look at how it messed with us. Now drop that kind of online campaign into third world countries without the education that is often required to see through such BS, and you have a game changer.
Hell, if you can type out a bunch of BS online and get 10,000+ people to flee to our southern border, imagine what you could do internally in Haiti. It may have been just a test.
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