Does instability in Haiti threaten that of the Dominican Republic

[Yourmaninvegas]

Foreign Minister Álvarez: “Instability in Haiti threatens that of the Dominican Republic”

<p>Santo Domingo, DR The Dominican Republic’s Government indicated today that the political and social instability that its neighbor Haiti is experiencing constitutes a threat against it. “Instability in Haiti threatens that of the Dominican Republic,” Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez said this...

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[NanSanPedro]

Agree with the FM in principle, but you can't throw good money after bad. As long as Moise is in charge, they should get nothing.

Any aid given Haiti should come with multiple strings. Clean up your act!

 

[windeguy]

Any aid ever given to Haiti has been wasted. Why would any new aid change anything there?

Does the instability in Haiti threaten the DR? Can you say "Dumb Question?"

 

[NanSanPedro]

Any aid ever given to Haiti has been wasted. Why would any new aid change anything there?

Does the instability in Haiti threaten the DR? Can you say "Dumb Question?"

The aid was just a gift. No carrot. That must change.

 

[windeguy]

The aid was just a gift. No carrot. That must change.

I cannot see how any help will matter at all. Something so irreparably broken will remain that way.

 

[NanSanPedro]

I cannot see how any help will matter at all. Something so irreparably broken will remain that way.

Like I said, carrot and stick. Here's $10mil. Show me what you did with it in 6 months for another $10mil. If I'm happy with it, you get another $10 mil. We keep going like this for a long time.

 

[windeguy]

Like I said, carrot and stick. Here's $10mil. Show me what you did with it in 6 months for another $10mil. If I'm happy with it, you get another $10 mil. We keep going like this for a long time.

It cannot possibly work.

 

[NanSanPedro]

It cannot possibly work.

You could be right. But I would like to see proof of that before shitcanning 11 million people.

 

[windeguy]

You could be right. But I would like to see proof of that before shitcanning 11 million people.

There is no motivation for such proof to be forthcoming. Who is going to waste the time, effort and money?

 

[NanSanPedro]

There is no motivation for such proof to be forthcoming. Who is going to waste the time, effort and money?

People that care about the inhabitants. I happen to be one of the many.

 

[windeguy]

People that care about the inhabitants. I happen to be one of the many.

Many, but certainly not enough.

 

[johne]

Many, but certainly not enough.

And the basis for such a reply is. . .?

 

[Caonabo]

Agree with the FM in principle, but you can't throw good money after bad. As long as Moise is in charge, they should get nothing.

Any aid given Haiti should come with multiple strings. Clean up your act!

As long as _______________ (fill in the blank) is in charge, they should get nothing.
The same has been said since ________________ (fill in the blank).
I have spent the better part of the last hour trying to find the last "successful" leader of Haiti.
I have been unable to find a single one, dating back to Toussaint Louverture.
Perhaps another member of the community can correct me.

 

[NanSanPedro]

As long as _______________ (fill in the blank) is in charge, they should get nothing.
The same has been said since ________________ (fill in the blank).
I have spent the better part of the last hour trying to find the last "successful" leader of Haiti.
I have been unable to find a single one, dating back to Toussaint Louverture.
Perhaps another member of the community can correct me.

As stated earlier, we thought Aristide was going to be the answer. He was not. He was just as corrupt as the others, the exception being he wore a Roman collar.

But the point is not to give up and throw in the towel. There are 11 million people there, most of them good folks. I absolutely refuse to quit on Haiti. We have to keep trying and I will do whatever I can to help.

 

[Caonabo]

As stated earlier, we thought Aristide was going to be the answer. He was not. He was just as corrupt as the others, the exception being he wore a Roman collar.

But the point is not to give up and throw in the towel. There are 11 million people there, most of them good folks. I absolutely refuse to quit on Haiti. We have to keep trying and I will do whatever I can to help.

But, you choose to reside in RD as you do so.

 

[NanSanPedro]

But, you choose to reside in RD as you do so.

True. I'm retired and old. I like some creature comforts. And the DR is close enough to go back and forth if I choose to.

 

[Yourmaninvegas]

True. I'm retired and old. I like some creature comforts. And the DR is close enough to go back and forth if I choose to.

The individual who challenged you on that is all talk. And can't even be bothered to travel and see things in the Dominican Republic for himself. If he wants someone to put skin in the game it should start with the man in his mirror and in his own country of origin.