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American Fund to Support Afghan People Likely Being Stolen by Taliban |
2024-01-14 |
[Hot Air] Roughly a year ago, the federal government established a fund intended to aid the civilian population of Afghanistan following Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from the country and the subsequent takeover by the Taliban. More than $3.5 billion was placed in the fund, transferred from frozen assets previously controlled by the Afghan government. It seemed like a productive and charitable way to handle the money at the time. But now, more than a year later, a government watchdog group has discovered that none of the money has been distributed to aid the people of Afghanistan and there are no safeguards in place to prevent the Taliban from taking the money for themselves. To put it mildly, this is no way to run an airline. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#6 And you expected...? |
Posted by: ed in texas 2024-01-14 10:10 |
#5 The Suprise-o-meter hit the peg on this one. Not. |
Posted by: Cheaderhead 2024-01-14 09:53 |
#4 How about not squandering every last dime they don't really have to buy foreign influence or launder back to scum pols. Even more daring, how about not stea.., sorry, taxing the population of this good country to continually waste their hard earned money? |
Posted by: Cesare 2024-01-14 09:14 |
#3 How about creating a fund to help the American people. |
Posted by: Chris 2024-01-14 08:45 |
#2 Stolen? To the victor go the spoils. |
Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-01-14 06:23 |
#1 Funding likely used for other purposes such as batteries, spares, maintenance of equipment left behind. Move along please, nothing to see here. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2024-01-14 05:13 |