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originally posted by: VictorVonDoom
a reply to: Wildmanimal
There's an old formula for exploiting an inferior indigenous population. It goes like this:
After you discover them, you send in the missionaries. People preaching peace and love and bringing food and medicine. This sounds great to the people back home.
Next, you have to bring in the military to protect the missionaries. Those ungrateful savages are attacking those selfless people who are only trying to help.
Things happen. There's a revolt against the old leadership. The new leadership is very "business friendly", and eventually everything is A-OK with this formerly backward nation. They even have a central bank to facilitate selling their natural resources for fiat currency.
originally posted by: Wildmanimal
a reply to: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
You'll miss U.S.
when we are gone.
You shall eat sand.
originally posted by: NarcolepticBuddha
a reply to: Wildmanimal
I've never really been a big fan of the USA's foreign aid policies.
It's a smack to the face of every homeless person, hungry child, unassisted veteran, and struggling American citizen.
originally posted by: Wildmanimal
I believe in strong U.S. Aid to developing countries.
With restrictions,verification,and validation.
I would strongly urge the more investigative members
here to do some research and follow the money
regarding the recent activity (past 10 years) of the
behavior and money transfers that occurred.
This Agency was created under the guise of
freedom,democracy, and "The American Way".
Something else happened, along the way.
Corruption ruins everything.
Current Administration should clean this up and recap losses.
www.judicialwatch.org... el-money-to-mercenary-army-of-far-left-activists-in-albania/
Just ONE instance for example.
www.usaid.gov...
www.usaid.gov...
originally posted by: Plotus
NOT..........a reply to: Plotus
I think there are countries deserving of IMMEDIATE aid, like Venezuela ...
originally posted by: Night Star
originally posted by: NarcolepticBuddha
a reply to: Wildmanimal
I've never really been a big fan of the USA's foreign aid policies.
It's a smack to the face of every homeless person, hungry child, unassisted veteran, and struggling American citizen.
Absolutely! I've been saying that for years. If we can't take care of our own, how can we take care of anyone else?