The aid was sent due to the damage we were creating during the invasion. It was part of the “Hearts and Minds” military doctrine and can be seen as a tool of war. I am of the opinion that it does not qualify as aid. It is material supplies used as a weapon and a tool of war. Even more so than foreign aid is usually used to further imperialism.
Aid doesn’t count when you send it with an invasion force.
Furthermore, USAID is a cutout for the CIA to fund bribes, insert assets and set up in-country operations. Same as the NED.
Foreign aid in general tends to hurt the countries that it is sent to in the long run. This is not because helping is bad. It is due to how aid is given. When it is given as food stocks it puts local farmers out of work, lowering the productivity of the nation in the long run. When you send tractors and tools to impoverished peoples along with training, it allows them to build their productive forces in the long run so they can develop out of poverty.
If you want a better and more thorough explanation, read the works of Thomas Sankara, the leader of socialist Burkina Faso(eng. Burkina People Stand Up—coolest country name).
You have no idea. 18 year old me signed up for a trip to Afghanistan as an Airborne Combat Medic. Got hurt pretty bad and an old Vietnam Vet radicalized me in the VA hospital. So at least you never fucked up that bad.
SAR 9s, Springfield hellcat, FN 9mm (w/silencer), Beretta M9, Sig Sauer M18, AR-15 in 5.56, AR-15 in 300 blackout (subsonic w/silencer), AR-10 in 308, Ruger Scout rifle in 308, Springfield scout rifle in 308.
So everything is standard NATO 9mm, 5.56mm, or .308 (7.62) except for my silenced AR-15. Some were my families and I bought a couple. I enjoy shooting though and do a bit of hunting. And if shit gets wild I have pistol/rifle for all 5 in my house.
America can fix that….you like javelin missiles?
PSA Dagger 9mm. Basically an in-house Glock clone that functions great. $320
You are right. We are supposed to be better. And to approach everything through dialectical materialism. How do raids effect our material interests and overall goals as communists. We are supposed to be the vanguard of the working classes. Not r/the_donald and those reactionary fools.
The petrodollar is dying as we speak due to Americas overreaction sanctioning Russia.
It is quite difficult. I’m in SC. I radicalized after I was married. She hates politics but understands the empathy and love of the common people that MLism has.
It’s scary to be openly a dirty commie down here sometimes, but there are a lot more of us than you would think.
Oh shit, I saw you slap Chris Rock. He better keep her name out his fucking mouth.
My man felt he needed a whole map to say his home. For real though I have heard that area of Kazakhstan is gorgeous.
Any current news regarding the aftermath of the strikes in the oil fields and Russian Federation’s intervention?
Off-topic but Cuba brightens my heart, a strong revolutionary spirit coupled with true socialist progress right off the coast of the gaudiest space in the Imperial Core. What they have done with regards to Revolutionary Medicine is mind-blowing to an American Capitalist Pig like myself.
Absolutely not. Some states have a history of leftists but it’s minute compared to the mainstream. You are 10x as likely to find a far right militia that is even further than American propaganda usually goes. People who read The Turner Diaries and pray that accelerationists start a race war often referred to as “Rahowa” or the Racial Holy War.
But we MLs are here and we are growing quickly. But we lack a true Vanguard party. Not to mention you cannot hold state or federal jobs if you are a communist. And some states have (unenforceable) laws against communism.
Money and 3rd party status to the conflict. The US gets away with calling PMC’s military contractors because the fighters are from one of the nations involved in the conflict. But a Congolese fighter in Afghanistan would be a mercenary due to 3rd party status. This is assuming that they were also being paid more than rank-and-file soldiers.
But let’s be real. The US is party to every conflict and can claim “War on terror” to send mercenaries to anywhere in the global south without consequences. Along with the geo-political reality that the US has giant double standards.
I am very interested in where these foreign fighters in Ukraine are getting paid though. They are “volunteers” on paper. But there are go fund me style fundraisers to help equip them and support them. I would bet my last dollar that our friends at the CIA are donating funds and equipment. Some of these fighters are much better equipped than the Ukrainian or Russians. I know they can bring some gear from the US. But they have weapons and explosives that they definitely didn’t bring and Ukraine doesn’t field. The real surprise is they have communication gear and night vision that is either not available to civilians or ridiculously expensive. I saw one guy with USARMY comms gear and night vision that is $50,000 to $70,000 per unit. That’s not a volunteer. That’s a spook from an agency that doesn’t exist. If I can dig up the picture I will link it below.
Are you saying Hugo Chavez didn’t really write this?
The first casualty of war is the truth. Especially so since this war is probably the most heavily propagandized in history. The west has its media machine running full speed.
One of the major defining factors is whether they are held to the standards of military law within that country. For example the French Foreign Legion is part of the army and subject to French Military Court Martial. Whereas Triple Canopy in the US is a PMC(mercenary) due to the inability to Court Martial their “soldiers” for crimes in theater. They are only liable in the civilian courts which effectively means they are liable to no one.
If you mean unpropagandized in the sense that they have no exposure to communism, I would say any rural state. Communism is never taught here. You may see 2-3 sentences in a history book. But all they say is that it is a totalitarian government, has never been effectively implemented and gives the state control over everything and everyone. Americans are so completely surrounded by propaganda that they no longer realize what propaganda is. Most Americans will unironically tell you that the US doesn’t have propaganda. Only other countries do that. We have freedom.
It is like living in the twilight zone.
Hey neighbor, SC here
I’m honestly not sure. I’d guess there’s a ton of books written by the neo-cons in Bush’s White House. I don’t know any ML works written about it. You could go straight to the source and read the Afghanistan Papers.