June 24, 2024 Presidential Determination No. 2024-05 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Designation of Kenya as a Major Non-NATO Ally By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 517 ...
Well, good I suppose, though I feel like this could be sort of a desperate attempt to shore up geopolitical influence that's being deflated by our relationship with Israel.
Post-WWII rules based order is kind of disintegrating and neoliberals are scrambling to prop it up without actually admitting to why it's failing.
I'd imagine it's connected to both. Russia and China are the main antagonists to US hegemony, hoping they'll get to be the next empire if they can drive enough of a wedge between western allies and get enough debt colonialism going in SA and Africa.
So yeah, they are fostering crisis, authoritarian sentiment, and spinning anti-democratic narrative wherever they can, but Israel's genocide and complete disregard for things like the ICC/ICJ (the kinds of institutions upon which the post-war rules based order is supposed to rest) has only further degraded US international standing. Biden vetoing UN resolutions and chastising the international courts for investigating Israel does not help.
Biden's whole election schtick was that he was there to reassure the rest of the world after Trump's carastrophic administration, and now he's showing his ass anyway.
You do understand Haiti is being run by gangs at the moment, right? Close to a hundred thousand people have fled the capital city, this isn't some righteous revolution or something, it's a bunch of small time fascists taking advantage of a weak state and an unwillingness by the US to get involved try to seize power.
The UN and US are providing funding to help Kenya provide some kind of security. Whats your alternative? Let Haiti burn?
Please... Haiti has been run by mob bosses as long as it's been Haiti. Papa Doc? That name ring any bells? It's a sovereign nation. They've obviously been okay with this for quite some time.
Please don't need our help right now Kenya... Please don't need our help right now Kenya... Please don't need our help right now Kenya... Please don't need our help right now Kenya... ... ...
This is more like a quid pro quo of neo-imperialism.
Kenya's government, not it's population, are willing to act as the tip of the spear for operations that aren't politically feasible for Washington e.g. troop deployments in Haiti.
In return they get the kind of benefits that come with doing favors for the American Security State.
This also should be viewed in the context of the Niger coup and their expulsion of Western antiterrorism troops from local bases, and the expansion of Russian interests and security partnerships in the region as well.