Following the assassination of Haiti's democratically elected President Jovenel Moïse, the country has been thrown in turmoil, causing the Haitian government to call for US military assistance at the exact same time as President Biden is winding up our involvement in Afghanistan. It seems that our military leaders are against such a potential us of US troops and the Biden administration is understandably reluctant to comply with the request.
The risk we incur with not getting involved is that Haiti could be overrun by gangs and thugs and the country plunged into economic crisis, causing a mass exodus of Haitians fleeing the island nation to Florida, roughly 700 miles away, creating another immigration crisis on top of the one that already exists at the southern border. Turning away overfilled boats at sea is not the image any politician wants splattered all over the news, nor does Biden want to provide fodder for his opponents on the right by admitting them in large numbers. It's a no win situation.
I don't see how Biden can avoid not getting militarily involved at least to some small degree. This situation is not going to straighten itself out.
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