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[–] NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I could be being daft here but I thought USAID was a propaganda and infiltration tactic. Like a way for the USA to put pressure on other countries.

[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe, but:

  1. Those who operated and participated in the aid activities believed it was genuine
  2. It helped a lot of people under that pretense
[–] NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If it really is a propaganda, infiltration, and pressure tactic then none of those things justify it's existence. Of course it might not just be that and reality is complicated. Either way promoting interventionism from a country with such a horrific record as the USA is a bad idea.

[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah I'm not saying its right or wrong, only that I can understand why some people defend it and its impact can't be ignored.