Foreign Digest: Kenya, Somalia, Haiti, Hungary, Taliban, China, Israel-Hamas War

Kenya, Somalia and Haiti: The United States recently concluded a security agreement with Kenya, which is an ally versus al-Qaeda, the Islamist terrorist organization responsible for the deadliest terrorist attacks in history, namely the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on America. Al-Qaeda’s most powerful affiliate is based in neighboring Somalia, from where it sometimes attacks Kenya. Also, Kenya will lead a police mission to Haiti, backed by the United States and the United Nations, versus armed gangs that effectively act as local governments independent of the State. The most powerful gang even makes demands on the Haitian government. Haiti, which is not a free country, has been even more unstable than usual since the assassination of its President two years ago. Hungary, Taliban and Communist China: Hungary, whose “illiberal” government is a darling of the Trumpist far-right in America, announced its intention to join Communist China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The new “Silk Road” initiative will increase Communist China’s influence through financing of infrastructure improvements abroad to increase trade. The Taliban militia that rules Afghanistan also is joining the initiative, although China, like the rest of the world, has not recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of neighboring Afghanistan. The Taliban, which are intertwined with terrorists, provided safe haven to al-Qeada before being overthrown in 2002 by an American-led international coalition, but returned to power in 2021 after the disastrous Trump-Biden withdrawal. Israel-Hamas War: There was more international outrage against Israel for targeting a hospital that terrorists had turned into a military base, than against the Russian Federation for targeting multiple hospitals and aid workers in Syria against rebels who were not terrorists and who were not using hospitals as bases. Russia backs the tyrannical terrorist-sponsoring Syrian Assad regime in its twelve year-long civil war, as do terrorist-sponsoring Iran and its proxy, Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi’ite terrorist organization.