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Originally Posted by garinda
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. |
Britain is one of the biggest donors on the planet, when it comes to overseas aid, and as a people they do realise there are genuine needs, and issues which need addressing. You only have to see how much they choose to give, when it comes to disasters in the world, from the famine in Ethiopia in the eighties, to the devastation in Haiti following the earthquake.
However they do also see the problems on their own doorstep, and some will think that their taxes would be better off spent at home, rather than perhaps finding it's way into the pocket of some western arms dealer, which does happen. Fact.