>>All of the aid that went and goes to Turkey has not been solely for military, political, or geopolitical gain. While much aid is indeed based on that, it is still an unfair statement. Besides, if you really feel that way, then all aid to all countries should be stopped. That would be a disaster to those countries whose people are fed from foreign aid.
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>If stopping the money flow from the US into those countries would mean simultaneously stopping the same flow in the opposite direction, I wonder who would be better off.
They need us more then we need them?
We have other well off friends that we can exploit who don't need our money. :)
The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
– Mark Twain (1866)
