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Originally Posted by steeljack
Seem to remember a few years back the UK gave a few million £s to India for development aid and they spent it buying fightger planes from Russia , caused a few "raised eyebrows" at the time , but the aid continued  |
Some humanitarian aid is given, knowing it will be diverted into arms, to bolster various supported regimes.
'A recent document released by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has revealed that millions of dollars, allocated for victims of the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85, went into buying weapons for rebellions. However, Robert Gates - President Obama’s Secretary of Defense said the suggestion cannot be ruled out that the CIA not only knew about, but supported, the diversion of aid funds to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)'
EthioGuardian.com ETG: Ethiopia: Aid money was spent on arms
I do think the majority of hardworking British taxpayers, do get sick and fed up of this happening, time after time.
They can see plenty of things their taxes could help to improve in this country, rather than be spent on arming third world dictators.