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originally posted by: Raggedyman
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: Raggedyman
And like clockwork you wade in over your head with name calling as a rebuttal.
The playground is outside your basement - you're sorely missed.
Tic Toc, how about you justify your opinion piece, then it wouldn’t just be a pointless rant from some upset Labor supporter who lost an election
Or do you sincerely think that if the US hadn’t stepped in so many time over the last 100 odd years we would have achieved world peace now
Ike clockwork I will ask for evidence, ask you list your issues
Are the US a pawn in the NWO, of course, who isn’t, even you play your part
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: putnam6
The check?
Last I looked the CIA playbook has been to use cash and weapons for their crony politicians to rise to power and bring in friendly co-operation for US industry.
Are you really trying to spin that the US stands in the corner square of other countries giving cash aid to its ordinary citizens?
Give me a break.
LOL give me a break got any idea how foreign aid works, the damn CIA doesn't have its nose in every country either LOL paranoid much. Besides if the CIA is there likely other foreign entities are already there too. Sorta like you guys are going to be so worried about America that China is going to buy your ass out from under you, and then what happens, your peace-loving leaders will come crying to Washington DC.
They do spend billions that go to the duly and legally recognized governments of those countries. Once it gets on the ground what are they supposed to do? they count on all those peace-loving leaders to distribute it as needed. Like in Somalia, that was one of the basic points. Aid wasn't getting to the people that needed it, yet when the US tries to get it where it needs to go they get attacked locally. How do propose they get those funds directly to the people, bypassing their governments? LOL mail them individual supplies and monies. That's the point the rest of the world is mostly crooked in its own right, especially when it can tap into billions in supplies and monies. So again how do the insure monies get to those in need?
We don't live in a perfect world....
OK, take Somalia for instance, you give the country some token foreign aid (hey, you can afford it) then you charge that the aid isn't getting to the poor people who need it.
Lets break it down:
- Environmental aid (they just had a drought) $4.13 million.
- Education & social services $8 million.
- Democracy, human rights and governance (euphemism for police) $18.94 million.
- Economic development $20.57 million.
- Peace and security (euphemism for military aid) $110.28 million.
Now ask yourself, which heading is the food aid for helping the people who are drought and famine stricken? Yup, you guessed it, the $4.13 million one. Where is the actual clear and present need for aid? The one that gets the least and the one that they will claim (probably rightly) isn't getting to the people in need.
So the US gets to send in the troops and control a sovereign country by proxy. A country with a GDP of $7.369 billion. All for the sweet price of just under $52 million (with the military aid bit removed).
See, I know how aid works!
Foreign Assistance in Somalia by Category - foreignassistance.gov
Why The U.S. Ranks At The Bottom In A Foreign Aid Index - NPR
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: putnam6
The check?
Last I looked the CIA playbook has been to use cash and weapons for their crony politicians to rise to power and bring in friendly co-operation for US industry.
Are you really trying to spin that the US stands in the corner square of other countries giving cash aid to its ordinary citizens?
Give me a break.
LOL give me a break got any idea how foreign aid works, the damn CIA doesn't have its nose in every country either LOL paranoid much. Besides if the CIA is there likely other foreign entities are already there too. Sorta like you guys are going to be so worried about America that China is going to buy your ass out from under you, and then what happens, your peace-loving leaders will come crying to Washington DC.
They do spend billions that go to the duly and legally recognized governments of those countries. Once it gets on the ground what are they supposed to do? they count on all those peace-loving leaders to distribute it as needed. Like in Somalia, that was one of the basic points. Aid wasn't getting to the people that needed it, yet when the US tries to get it where it needs to go they get attacked locally. How do propose they get those funds directly to the people, bypassing their governments? LOL mail them individual supplies and monies. That's the point the rest of the world is mostly crooked in its own right, especially when it can tap into billions in supplies and monies. So again how do the insure monies get to those in need?
We don't live in a perfect world....
OK, take Somalia for instance, you give the country some token foreign aid (hey, you can afford it) then you charge that the aid isn't getting to the poor people who need it.
Lets break it down:
- Environmental aid (they just had a drought) $4.13 million.
- Education & social services $8 million.
- Democracy, human rights and governance (euphemism for police) $18.94 million.
- Economic development $20.57 million.
- Peace and security (euphemism for military aid) $110.28 million.
Now ask yourself, which heading is the food aid for helping the people who are drought and famine stricken? Yup, you guessed it, the $4.13 million one. Where is the actual clear and present need for aid? The one that gets the least and the one that they will claim (probably rightly) isn't getting to the people in need.
So the US gets to send in the troops and control a sovereign country by proxy. A country with a GDP of $7.369 billion. All for the sweet price of just under $52 million (with the military aid bit removed).
See, I know how aid works!
Foreign Assistance in Somalia by Category - foreignassistance.gov
Why The U.S. Ranks At The Bottom In A Foreign Aid Index - NPR
Oh noes!! US sends dozens of troops to Somalia they are gonna take over LOL But guess what you dont hear about as much any more Somalia pirates wonder why that is.
Classic hand wringing over reactionary BS in this instance
Washington (CNN)The US is sending "dozens" of additional troops to Somalia to train and equip the Somali National Army and the forces participating in the African Union Mission in Somalia there.
A US military official told CNN that the new contingent would consist of about 40 soldiers.
In an email to CNN, Charles Chuck Prichard, a spokesperson for US Africa Command, confirmed the deployment Friday, saying that the deployment of "a few dozen troops from the 101st Airborne Division" came "at the request and in close coordination with" the government of Somalia.
"The objective of this particular train and equip mission is to improve the logistical capacity of the Somali National Army and the focus will be on teaching basic logistics operations, which will allow Somalia forces to better fight al Shabaab," the spokesman added.
The US troops will join the small number of US special operations forces already there providing counterterrorism support to local forces battling the local al Qaeda affiliate, al Shabaab. That advisory mission has been underway for several years.
The US military official added that there are approximately 50 counterterrorism advisers already in Somalia as part of the ongoing mission.
The deployment was first reported by Voice of America.
President Donald Trump last month granted additional authority to US Africa Command to conduct counterterrorism airstrikes against the terror group..
But Africa Command made it clear that there was no link between the two.
"It should be noted that this training was planned long before President Trump issued updated authorities related to Somalia," the spokesperson added.
The president of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo (center), receives a guard of honor during a ceremony to mark the 57th Anniversary of the Somali National Army held at the Ministry of Defense in Mogadishu on Wednesday, April 12, 2017.
The president of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo (center), receives a guard of honor during a ceremony to mark the 57th Anniversary of the Somali National Army held at the Ministry of Defense in Mogadishu on Wednesday, April 12, 2017.
The new training effort comes as US military leaders see new opportunities to work with Somalia's newly elected president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, a dual US-Somali citizen who has embarked on a series of aggressive military reforms amid an ongoing al Shabaab bombing campaign that has repeatedly struck the capital, Mogadishu.
"With the new government there, President Farmajo, we have an opportunity here to move forward," Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, the commander of Africa Command told reporters at the Pentagon last month.
"We have a great opportunity to work with him, and we look forward to continuing our counterterrorism part," Waldhauser added.
Will you ever be dragged kicking and screaming before any world courts to be held accountable for the wanton destruction and countless deaths?
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: putnam6
The check?
Last I looked the CIA playbook has been to use cash and weapons for their crony politicians to rise to power and bring in friendly co-operation for US industry.
Are you really trying to spin that the US stands in the corner square of other countries giving cash aid to its ordinary citizens?
Give me a break.
LOL give me a break got any idea how foreign aid works, the damn CIA doesn't have its nose in every country either LOL paranoid much. Besides if the CIA is there likely other foreign entities are already there too. Sorta like you guys are going to be so worried about America that China is going to buy your ass out from under you, and then what happens, your peace-loving leaders will come crying to Washington DC.
They do spend billions that go to the duly and legally recognized governments of those countries. Once it gets on the ground what are they supposed to do? they count on all those peace-loving leaders to distribute it as needed. Like in Somalia, that was one of the basic points. Aid wasn't getting to the people that needed it, yet when the US tries to get it where it needs to go they get attacked locally. How do propose they get those funds directly to the people, bypassing their governments? LOL mail them individual supplies and monies. That's the point the rest of the world is mostly crooked in its own right, especially when it can tap into billions in supplies and monies. So again how do the insure monies get to those in need?
We don't live in a perfect world....
OK, take Somalia for instance, you give the country some token foreign aid (hey, you can afford it) then you charge that the aid isn't getting to the poor people who need it.
Lets break it down:
- Environmental aid (they just had a drought) $4.13 million.
- Education & social services $8 million.
- Democracy, human rights and governance (euphemism for police) $18.94 million.
- Economic development $20.57 million.
- Peace and security (euphemism for military aid) $110.28 million.
Now ask yourself, which heading is the food aid for helping the people who are drought and famine stricken? Yup, you guessed it, the $4.13 million one. Where is the actual clear and present need for aid? The one that gets the least and the one that they will claim (probably rightly) isn't getting to the people in need.
So the US gets to send in the troops and control a sovereign country by proxy. A country with a GDP of $7.369 billion. All for the sweet price of just under $52 million (with the military aid bit removed).
See, I know how aid works!
Foreign Assistance in Somalia by Category - foreignassistance.gov
Why The U.S. Ranks At The Bottom In A Foreign Aid Index - NPR
Oh noes!! US sends dozens of troops to Somalia they are gonna take over LOL But guess what you dont hear about as much any more Somalia pirates wonder why that is.
I did hear about it, actually, but I'm not an American and my media isn't as 'filtered' as yours.
Piracy made a strong comeback in Somalia in 2017
Classic hand wringing over reactionary BS in this instance
Washington (CNN)The US is sending "dozens" of additional troops to Somalia to train and equip the Somali National Army and the forces participating in the African Union Mission in Somalia there.
A US military official told CNN that the new contingent would consist of about 40 soldiers.
In an email to CNN, Charles Chuck Prichard, a spokesperson for US Africa Command, confirmed the deployment Friday, saying that the deployment of "a few dozen troops from the 101st Airborne Division" came "at the request and in close coordination with" the government of Somalia.
"The objective of this particular train and equip mission is to improve the logistical capacity of the Somali National Army and the focus will be on teaching basic logistics operations, which will allow Somalia forces to better fight al Shabaab," the spokesman added.
The US troops will join the small number of US special operations forces already there providing counterterrorism support to local forces battling the local al Qaeda affiliate, al Shabaab. That advisory mission has been underway for several years.
The US military official added that there are approximately 50 counterterrorism advisers already in Somalia as part of the ongoing mission.
The deployment was first reported by Voice of America.
President Donald Trump last month granted additional authority to US Africa Command to conduct counterterrorism airstrikes against the terror group..
But Africa Command made it clear that there was no link between the two.
"It should be noted that this training was planned long before President Trump issued updated authorities related to Somalia," the spokesperson added.
The president of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo (center), receives a guard of honor during a ceremony to mark the 57th Anniversary of the Somali National Army held at the Ministry of Defense in Mogadishu on Wednesday, April 12, 2017.
The president of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo (center), receives a guard of honor during a ceremony to mark the 57th Anniversary of the Somali National Army held at the Ministry of Defense in Mogadishu on Wednesday, April 12, 2017.
The new training effort comes as US military leaders see new opportunities to work with Somalia's newly elected president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, a dual US-Somali citizen who has embarked on a series of aggressive military reforms amid an ongoing al Shabaab bombing campaign that has repeatedly struck the capital, Mogadishu.
"With the new government there, President Farmajo, we have an opportunity here to move forward," Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, the commander of Africa Command told reporters at the Pentagon last month.
"We have a great opportunity to work with him, and we look forward to continuing our counterterrorism part," Waldhauser added.
So, the US spends $110.28 million on 40 soldiers?
Or is it just a big arms deal that's actually going on?
originally posted by: Nyiah
originally posted by: Raggedyman
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: Raggedyman
And like clockwork you wade in over your head with name calling as a rebuttal.
The playground is outside your basement - you're sorely missed.
Tic Toc, how about you justify your opinion piece, then it wouldn’t just be a pointless rant from some upset Labor supporter who lost an election
Or do you sincerely think that if the US hadn’t stepped in so many time over the last 100 odd years we would have achieved world peace now
Ike clockwork I will ask for evidence, ask you list your issues
Are the US a pawn in the NWO, of course, who isn’t, even you play your part
At the very least, there'd be a few less banana republics had we left well enough alone down south, and the ME would be substantially more stable if we'd left the Iron Fists that kept it stable alone. Can't say we saved many lives, when all we did was let IS rise out of aftermath of Dubya's little war on Iraq.
Dollars to donuts that if anyone can find hard numbers from both regimes AND our intervention death tolls in hard numbers, that if extrapolated, the regimes' would still have offed less people than we did if they were still there today. Just because we didn't like how they kept house doesn't mean they weren't doing something right. And we f# it all up.
originally posted by: infolurker
a reply to: TheConstruKctionofLight
Yeah Yeah Yeah,
Let's see how "peaceful" the world would be if we picked up our toys and went home.
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: Justoneman
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: chr0naut
Like weapons are the cause of violence.
Thousands of years of human violence has taught us a thing or two.
Be it a rock or a laser guided missile, mankind is a brutal beast.
Like weapons have ANY other purpose.
Will you answer this to yourself or just pretend it isn't so?
How many of those guns pull it's own trigger? Will your 12 Gauge Shotgun hop up and shoot someone for you?
Do those planes with bombs take off without any help and fly themselves?
So those suicide bombers just spontaneously combust or do they build something to kill others with our without aid from the Mullah?
Or do people wanting to kill , kill with anything they can?
10 out of 10 psychopathic mass murderers prefer real weapons to killing with fresh fruit.
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: proteus33
Mistaken - what part?
America doesn't create fake narratives to justify invasions?
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: Gothmog
WMDs - Nigerian yellowcake - Colin Powell at the UN?
I can name more
www.theguardian.com...