Thursday, February 13, 2025

Trump USAID Cuts "Spoiling the Food"?? Nope.

 Peter, who has been there and done that, notes the frantic whines from the MSM.

 Almost $500 million in food aid is at risk of spoilage as it sits in ports, ships and warehouses after funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, was paused by the Trump administration, according to a Feb. 10 report from a government watchdog.

The report from USAID's inspector general highlighted the risks of "safeguarding and distribution" of $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid after the Trump administration ordered almost all staff to be placed on leave and ordered a review of U.S. foreign assistance programs.
...--quoting SeeBS

Similar bullshit can be found at MSN.

Peter has a comment.

 ...I've worked in the Third World for decades.  I've seen USAID food distributed in several countries.  I've helped organize, and led, aid convoys into disrupted and/or disaster areas.  I know whereof I speak - and I can tell you that those reports are mostly bull****.

First off, the food that USAID distributes (or should that be "distributed"?) isn't broccoli and bananas, guaranteed to go bad within days.  It's dry grains such as rice, wheat, sorghum, and so on.  It's flour (in large quantities) from wheat, maize and other grains.  It's beans of any number of varieties.  The stuff lasts for months, if not years, and is selected with that as a primary requirement.  Since destinations for that aid seldom have luxuries such as refrigeration or air-conditioning, you send them food that can remain edible and healthy under such conditions.

Secondly, the "risks" of "safeguarding and distribution" are real, whether or not USAID is involved.  Have you seen photographs of tents made from or supplied by USAID, in use by terrorist movements such as Hamas, the Taliban and others?  Of course you have.  Have you seen TV footage of food for sale in African village markets, including sacks filled with USAID-supplied grain?  Yep, that too.  All those aid products were stolen by those selling and/or using them.  They don't pay for them.  They don't even ask for them.  They simply raid the warehouses where they're stored and take what they want, or hijack entire convoys loaded with aid products....

And yes, USAID knew about the theftsThey don't care.  It's not their salaries (until very recently) that are being pilfered.

Look for more of the DOOM DOOM DOOM BABIES DIE BABIES DIE GRANNIES COLLAPSE.  The CIA makes up very good fables, after all.

They're paid to lie.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

USAID Used UN to Launder Our Money for Taliban

https://moonbattery.com/usaid-used-un-to-launder-our-money-for-taliban/

......No sane mind could grasp what motivates liberals to commit this treason with our money. It only matters that they be stopped, that they be held accountable, and that it never happen again.......