• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    How are they equipped to do that? Are you going to stand there in the way of an army with your clipboard?

    And I’m sorry but Internet access and social media doesn’t evoke scary secret agent the way you’re trying to use it. At best it’s the furthest extent of soft power, which is USAID’s purpose. At worst it’s an unsanctioned covert program that got shut down and swept under the rug.

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      2 hours ago

      Yes, they are equipped to not hand over their resources. They’re also equipped to not lie and cover it up afterwords.

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        52 minutes ago

        Okay so a few things here. USAID wasn’t even on that side of the delivery system, that was WFP. Far from covering it up, the raid was headline news and is covered in an OIG report on the pier. Finally, USAID is not a military organization. If a military unit lands near them and demands a truck they are going to hand it over. They do not possess weapons or training. This entire line of argument is ridiculous.