kevowej635@lemmy.wtf to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoWhat is JD Vance's problem with Europe? Former diplomat shares his theorywww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down12
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-linkWhat is JD Vance's problem with Europe? Former diplomat shares his theorywww.newsweek.comkevowej635@lemmy.wtf to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareBeetschnapps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-29 days agoWhich is like saying “we are losing money to the grocery store…” So their response is to stop eating… as if they don’t grasp it’s not LOSING money it BUYING influence. I have to believe they get this and want to divert that money to their own profits while screaming “efficiency!”
minus-squarelepinkainen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoAlso they didn’t know that a massive amount of USAID operations are used as CIA covers. It’s a good way to get agents a legitimate reason to be in a country.
Which is like saying “we are losing money to the grocery store…”
So their response is to stop eating… as if they don’t grasp it’s not LOSING money it BUYING influence.
I have to believe they get this and want to divert that money to their own profits while screaming “efficiency!”
Also they didn’t know that a massive amount of USAID operations are used as CIA covers. It’s a good way to get agents a legitimate reason to be in a country.