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2025-02-19 Afghanistan

US Aid Cut May Shrink Afghan Economy by 7%

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-19 2025-02-19 01:19|| || Front Page|| [11154 views ] Top
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#1 Thank you President Trump and Elon Musk. If we have been supporting Afghanistan, the people responsible must be shot.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2025-02-19 03:19|| 2025-02-19 03:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Who are you?
What do you want?
Where are you going?
Who do you serve? And Who do you Trust?

These are the very basic questions that any entity that strives to orient itself in space and time and act rationally has to ponder.

These are the very basic questions that the West has avoided contemplating since the 1990s and especially since 9/11.

Instead opting for a sleepwalking irrational reflex driven incoherent approach that was a mix of inaction in the face of threats and frantic and expensive action that exacerbated threats.

Who are we? That's the question JD Vance asked in Munich.

Europe's answer was cognitively dissonant gibberish. The US hasn't given a definitive answer yet.

WRT Afghanistan these fundamental questions should be answered by Western decision makers.

Who and what are the Afghans to us?
What do we want with the Afghans?
Where is Afghanistan going? Where should it be go?

Who are we serving wrt Afghanistan?
Who do we trust wrt Afghanistan?

As long as these fundamental questions haven't even been contemplated any action taken is irrational.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-02-19 04:46|| 2025-02-19 04:46|| Front Page Top

#3
Washington spent the USA into a $35+ Trillion, Dollar debt. DC has funded & supported some of the most vicious dictators and governments on this Earth.

All while they screwed over the US Taxpayers, and too many DC Swamper's have gotten Super $$$$$$$ Filthy Rich doing it.

BTW: What are we on now for "Saving Africa" #5 or #6, plus feeding 14 Million ILLEGALS?

All while we have Homeless Vets, and Sr. Citizens doing w/o basics, that are being given freely overseas.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-02-19 06:59|| 2025-02-19 06:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Sr. Citizens doing w/o basics, that are being given freely overseas.

You really think any of this aid actually reaches any needy people in target countries?

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-02-19 07:05|| 2025-02-19 07:05|| Front Page Top

#5 #4^
Even 10% of what may reach the actual designated end use spent overseas, would go a long way in taking care of actual needy US Citizens.

Another thing, It is time for the US Taxpayers to tighten-up or stop funding the single parent breeding factories.

There are a lot of community taxpayers paid services that could be performed, just by an Earn It, or Lose It requirement.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-02-19 07:34|| 2025-02-19 07:34|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 I understand your point: the poor of your city come first.

But you miss mine: these $$$ - whether they're spent inside, or outside, USA - are spent on causes hostile to the people of USA. That is, if you block them, you save more than a 100% of the money.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-02-19 07:53|| 2025-02-19 07:53|| Front Page Top

#7 #1 and #2...most excellent.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-02-19 08:01|| 2025-02-19 08:01|| Front Page Top

#8 #6^

Your link is a good read.
THKX

Posted by NN2N1 2025-02-19 08:15|| 2025-02-19 08:15|| Front Page Top

#9 ^😉

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-02-19 08:27|| 2025-02-19 08:27|| Front Page Top

#10 @6

If the US and the West cancels any aid to Afghanistan then any cent spent on food aid by Qatar et al will be not be spent on Hamas, Hezbollah, MB operatives in the West and world wide.

Zero aid to Afghanistan conserves much more than the aid itself.

The Afghans hate us anyway. Aid is seen a form of global Jizyia and adds contempt to their hate.

If the Trump administration had b*lls they would propose Congress repurpose these funds to 9/11 related expenses publicly and explicitly.

Money is fungible, but it would be a powerful political message.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-02-19 09:34|| 2025-02-19 09:34|| Front Page Top

#11 This is a bad thing?

Posted by DarthVader 2025-02-19 09:49|| 2025-02-19 09:49|| Front Page Top

#12 Stop it, I'm already convinced this needs to happen.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-02-19 13:50|| 2025-02-19 13:50|| Front Page Top

#13 I bet its more. I bet its way more.

Posted by Crusader 2025-02-19 22:44|| 2025-02-19 22:44|| Front Page Top

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