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by rayiner 481 days ago
It’s literally fraudulent for an aid agency to be spending aid money fomenting overseas regime change. And it’s morally fraudulent because it doesn’t serve American interests. It serves the pecuniary and ideological interests of deep state/nat sec/liberal internationalist nutjobs deeply embedded in these institutions.

America’s only interest in that region is suppressing Islamists, which the previous government was doing a great job at. It’s doubtful that, if the government was being transparent, Americans would pay money to overthrow the government that was killing Islamist radicals without due process in favor of one that’s likely to be taken over by Islamists.
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lesuorac 480 days ago
There seems to be a slight of hand going on here.

The only grant listed in this thread [1] is for "International development and humanitarian assistance" with a sub function of "Consortium For Elections & Political Process Strengthening".

There's no evidence shown that this grant money is being used to _overthrow_ a democratically elected government.

Also, given that the initially 21 Million claim isn't actually backed up by a specific grant. It's more likely just a fraudulent claim by Musk and you should stop listening to him. I mean it's really trivial to list the grant when you canceled it ...

[1]: https://www.highergov.com/grant/72038822LA00001/

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rayiner 480 days ago
You have to be gullible as shit—falling for the fraud—to think State Department funding for “democracy” in a third world country friendly to Russia isn’t for destabilizing the government.[1] If the shoe were on the other foot, foreign money being used to “fortify elections” in the U.S. you’d immediately see it for what it is.

[1] https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/3744...

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hulitu 480 days ago
> It’s literally fraudulent for an aid agency to be spending aid money fomenting overseas regime change.

You (and others) misunderstood the meaning of "aid" here. The "aid" is not for you or your country. The "aid" is to pursue US interests.

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rayiner 480 days ago
That’s not how it’s being sold to the American people even now as those people are on a PR campaign to defend their jobs. Fraud!
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