Winning the Streets but Losing the War: Haiti’s Tactical Trap

An operation is judged by what it retakes. A campaign is judged by what remains held, prepared and covered the next day. Six months of incursions into the strongholds of the capital, followed by a massacre in central Kenscoff, can be read through the same lens: hold without freezing the offensive, enter knowing where you are going, and never give the adversary the time or space it needs to rebuild. It is on these three capabilities, and not on the number of operations, that the difference between winning streets and winning the war is dec