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Report: 20% of all US aid to Afghanistan was ‘wasted’ (responsiblestatecraft.org)
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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

wasted

Putting on the "They Live" glasses

deliberately paid out to those complicit in the imperial occupation

[-] ChristchurchAsshole@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

I find it astounding that the U.S. went on to devastate Libya before they had concluded Afghanistan. Apparently I'm in the minority of people who understood that all of this was bad - even back in 2009-2011.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

"arab spring" 🙄

[-] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 8 points 1 week ago

More like 100% since, after all that, it ended up getting gift wrapped to the Taliban.

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

What a disgrace it is.

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