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Always annoys me when talking about foreign aid to "3rd world" countries that you'll have people get on a high horse about 3rd world govts being so corrupt that money just ends up in the hands of cronies and the well-connected.

The reality is any such corruption is dwarfed by the corruption that goes on in the award of US govt contracts.

This is all an inevitable consequence of the US being one of the few countries on earth were bribery (by another name) is legal. So long as these corporations keep bribing the politicians, their contracts will continue to get extended.