• swlabr@awful.systems
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    6 days ago

    This was my X:

    My understanding of USAID is that it is primarily a front for CIA operations.

    Evidence:

    ??? You want brain scans?

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      Exactly, you made the whole thing up.

      USAID is not primarily a front for CIA operations. It is a organization responsible for foreign aid and development. Sure the CIA has used some USAID programs for their own purposes, but that doesn’t mean USAID itself is primarily a CIA operation.

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        It is a organization responsible for foreign aid and development

        My mistake! Sorry, Captain America! I will never be cynical about US foreign policy ever again!

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          Not defending the US foreign policy, but this is just right-wing propaganda to cut funding to essential programs. So I’m shutting it down.

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            Not defending the US foreign policy, but this is just right-wing propaganda

            lol. I got horseshoe theory’d.

          • blakestacey@awful.systems
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            OK, you don’t have the authority to shut things down on awful.systems. But I do! Please enjoy your free trip to the egress.