DANIEL FOOTE: A MAN OF HONOR, CANDOR, CONSCIENCE AND GREAT COURAGE.

"I will not be associated with the United States' inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of Haitian refugees and illegal immigrants back to a collapsed state which cannot support the infusion of the returning migrants." - Daniel Foote.

ICHEOKU says with those words of great audacity, the now former United States Envoy to Haiti, Daniel Foote, resigned his appointment, rather than be left marooned in Port-au-Prince, trying to explain the inexplicable hostile action of his government to his host nation. He should be commended and applauded for the uncommon courage he displayed by calling out his government over the inhuman and harsh treatment of those Haitian immigrants at Del Rio. His action is exemplary to say the least, when viewed against the background of the unbridled sycophancy of many bureaucrats and political appointees who would rather stay on the invite list silenced, than become a pariah of any administration. 

It is only an unconscionable, acute partisan, who will not see and will refuse to see the picture of America's inhumanity painted with that display at Del Rio. The other time it was Iraqi's prisoners in Abu Ghraib in orange jumpsuits and now women and children Haitian immigrants that mounted horses were set at. It is about image and America cannot be going about preaching good behavior for countries around the world when it lacks of it, or at least, the appearance of it. How does America expect her diplomats around the world to torture themselves trying to explain to their host countries, the images coming out from Del Rio of innocent black Haitian immigrants being attacked by giant horses. If Abu Ghraib was a mistake, how about Del Rio and how many more of such unpleasant images does anyone require to see before concluding it is now a pattern of behavior.

The issue is not whether any idea was ignored or any situation was mischaracterized; no, the issue is the damage caused to America's image by what was captured on video, mounted horses charging at and stampeding Haitian immigrants back into the river at Del Rio entry point. The White House, in desperation to damage control the incident and mitigate the horrendous scene, is now attacking the ambassador for not discussing his immigration concerns instead of resigning. But how can any conscionable diplomat discuss what the whole world saw, played out in Del Rio? It is obviously their attempt to claw at any straw because they have no answer or response to either what happened and why the diploma resigned. But try as they may, they can never succeed in demonizing the career diplomat for putting his conscience over and above partisan slobbering. 

Which ample opportunity to discuss what is the White House talking about anyway when the issue was so instantaneous; and that mounted horses were used by Joe Biden immigration enforcers against Haitian immigrants when no other immigrants from other countries have ever been subjected to such a harsh and cruel treatment. The ambassador's resignation was not premised on America's immigration crisis under Joe Biden getting worse; no, it was solely on the horse attack of Haitian immigrants. So, what exactly does the White House mean by protesting that the ambassador had ample opportunity to discuss his immigration concerns instead of resigning. But even speaking to that, is the palpable situation in Haiti not to everyone's general knowledge? 

It is pathetic that the White House, instead of taking full responsibility for the Del Rio scandal by demanding Immigration Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' resignation, is here piling up on a man who summoned the courage to do the right thing. The ambassador resigned in protest for what has now become another sad chapter in America's storied history of heartlessness. It is a huge stain on the Joe Biden's administration and marks his disposition towards black people, despite lying to them that he has changed his racists ways, which made black people vote for him during  last year's presidential election. 

Is using mounted horses to intimidate, harass and scare unarmed women and children who are merely seeking a better life in America back into the river a good idea? It is a shame that Joe Biden has gone this too far to register his dislike against black people because someone acting under the color of authority and his agency, authorized and sanctioned those mounted horses being used to charge against those Haitian immigrants. 

Meanwhile when Haiti asked for America to send them some troops to help them secure their country following the assassination of their president Jovenel Moise, the White House refused. When Haiti was devastated in a huge earthquake ten years ago which killed almost 500,000 Haitians and destroyed their country and economy, where was the Marshal Plan for Haiti by the American government? When Haiti was recently hit by another devastating earthquake few months ago which killed thousands and destroyed more stuff, what level of aid did Washington DC send to Port-au-Prince? 

These were ideas that were probably ignored, admitted that not all ideas are good ideas but building Haiti back better would surely have been one heck of a very good idea, which would have helped Haiti long before and prevented the people from being forced out of their country in search of salvation. So, yes, it is inhumane for the American government under Joe Biden, a known racist, to still take additional step to compound the problems of a people already traumatized beyond reason, by not only stopping them at the southern border but also doing so  in a manner that is reminiscent of slavery and Jim Crow era. 

American people should in unison commend Emeritus diplomat Daniel Foote for taking such a bold step to reject an outrageous and outlandish obvious racist attack on black Haitians. No other immigrants have ever been treated so harshly and his standing up against it is the stuff uncommon courage is made of. We should pray to have more Daniel Footes within the American diplomatic community, so that every American diplomat will have the courage just like like him and speak up whenever the situation calls for it, regardless of the consequences. 

Showing such a backbone and not being an accomplice to inhumane treatment of people from countries they are sent to represent America in, will help improve America's image and resonate the message of what America stands for. It took courage and great audacity to stand so tall and speak truth to power, especially to a government under whose behest he served, until the Del Rio scandal happened. Kudos to Ambassador Daniel Foote.

Joe Biden is aware that Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere has been hit in recent weeks by a presidential assassination, un-abating gang violence and major earthquakes, yet he chose to return their immigrants back in plane loads. It only shows that Joe Biden is still who he is and never really cared nor liked black people. Haitians need asylum more than the Afghanis being brought into America in plane loads. 

As Al Sharpton succinctly put it, "If you come from a nation where the president has been assassinated in the last 60 days, followed by an earthquake, followed by a hurricane, I don't know how you can more qualify for asylum than that." Daniel Foot represents what is good in America, thank you Dan for standing up for the helpless when others including Jim Clyburn are still wavering. #Evacuate100,000Haitians.