My old Haitian father swears Haiti would be better off with the old Haitian Army Les Forces Armees d'Haiti (FADH)

Les Forces Armees d'Haiti (FADH)

The old man, a retired Haitian army lieutenant, sits heartbroken in his New York apartment with a little radio clinched to his ears listening daily to more bad news from Haiti.

This is what we always talk about everytime I call him, how bad things are in Haiti and how much better it could be.

"There is no more authority in Haiti, the state cannot maintain law and order," my 85 year-old Haitian father said. "Back in the days when Haiti had the military, things would never get out of control like that."

"Aristide made a mistake when he disbanded the army," The old man continued. "He could've cleaned up the Etat Major (the joint chiefs) but save the institution. If he did that, we would not be having this problem of insecurity we have to day, armed bandits running in the streets ransoming people."

The old man is so passionate about his homeland and all this bad news hurts, he told me.

"Honestly, I don't see where this is going." he said.

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