It doesn’t justify anything. But the hype the organization gets is entirely undeserved. It’s akin to defending the “Oil For Food” program under Kofi Annan by just shouting “It’s for food! Do you want people to starve?!” over and over again, without understanding what the program does or why it ended in scandal.
Yea, I’m not buying your BS dude. It didn’t end in scandal. It was scandalously ended. Whatever point you’re making, about whomever supposedly over-hyped USAID is totally beside the point.
The “1 life every 10 seconds” claim is fallacious. Musk is (inadvertently) correct. The money Kristof cites goes to gatekeepers, not relief workers. And the net impact of the so-called aid, particularly in Palestine, Jordan, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, are higher mortality rates caused by these foreign policy initiatives.
Just straight up, handing out aid money to Israel Settlers does not reduce the death toll in the West Bank. Just the opposite. Subsidizing food exports from El Salvador so Walmart can buy cheaper groceries wholesale does not reduce famine inside the country.
You are being lied to with these statistics. You are being lied to by the NYT.
It doesn’t justify anything. But the hype the organization gets is entirely undeserved. It’s akin to defending the “Oil For Food” program under Kofi Annan by just shouting “It’s for food! Do you want people to starve?!” over and over again, without understanding what the program does or why it ended in scandal.
Yea, I’m not buying your BS dude. It didn’t end in scandal. It was scandalously ended. Whatever point you’re making, about whomever supposedly over-hyped USAID is totally beside the point.
Are you attempting to Johnny Cocraine a $21B embezzlement?
I’m not even sure which change of subject you’re trying to skewer me on, you’ve lost the plot mate
You really might want to research what you’re arguing
I haven’t argued anything but the illegal and reckless nature of DOGE. You are arguing and insinuating A LOT
Isn’t a defense of the horrible policies imposed through USAID
Yea so that’s not the topic. You want it to be. You should make your own post
The “1 life every 10 seconds” claim is fallacious. Musk is (inadvertently) correct. The money Kristof cites goes to gatekeepers, not relief workers. And the net impact of the so-called aid, particularly in Palestine, Jordan, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, are higher mortality rates caused by these foreign policy initiatives.
Just straight up, handing out aid money to Israel Settlers does not reduce the death toll in the West Bank. Just the opposite. Subsidizing food exports from El Salvador so Walmart can buy cheaper groceries wholesale does not reduce famine inside the country.
You are being lied to with these statistics. You are being lied to by the NYT.