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| uncontrolled civil conflict in Haiti could lead to a new refugee crisis, Shifter said. “The U.S. cannot afford to be on the sidelines in the wake of the president’s assassination and ensuing chaos,” Shifter said. “The Biden administration has a fundamental interest in doing what it can to stabilize the situation in Haiti through non-military means.” Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby sought to tamp down any expectation of a new U.S. military intervention in Haiti or a major shift in the Pentagon’s priorities on Tuesday. “Recent newsworthy events aren’t necessarily going to drive major changes to Southern Command,” Kirby said. Southern Command has long requested additional resources for the region, particularly as anti-American actors have grown in influence there. Adm. Craig Faller, the current commander, noted recently that Russia, China and transnational criminal organizations are actively undermining America’s efforts in the Western Hemisphere. “I feel an incredible sense of urgency. This hemisphere in which we live is under assault,” Faller said at a Senate hearing in March. “We are losing our positional advantage in this Hemisphere and immediate action is needed to reverse this trend.” Faller noted that China, Russia and Iran consistently seek to take advantage of the vulnerable countries in the region, which have been hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and economic woes. China, for example, is building 40 ports in the region and has significant loans with Latin American countries that Beijing uses as political leverage. Meanwhile, regimes in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua perpetuate corruption and open the door to bad actors, he said. But repeated calls for additional resources have not yielded significant results over the years. Southern Command has always been “a poor cousin to the other geographic combatant commands,” said retired Adm. James Stavridis, noting that when he led the command, his entire budget for one year equaled what retired Gen. Jim Mattis, then the commander of U.S. Central Command, received for a few days of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is “a sense in the Pentagon that ‘nothing important happens down there,’” he said. “As we wrestle Download 45.04 Kb. Share with your friends:
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