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Not gonna argue about them needing to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity because even just their dealings with Israel already merit that. But USAID was a CIA front regime change operation. The world is better off without it.
Tell that to the poor sods who depend on it to make their lives less shit.
The Guardian is part of the imperial media ecosystem and you should be very skeptical of any story they publish. Of course they were going to mourn the loss of one of the empire's greatest tools and try to spin some sad tale about the maybe 1% of the USAID's budget that was going to legitimate aid as a cover for the nefarious shit they did with the other 99%. You shouldn't fall for this kind of transparent emotional manipulation. At best what this was, was blackmail: "Let us continue to destabilize governments and meddle in the affairs of other countries, else we cut off aid to people in need."
If you check how much money USAID spent in various Eastern European countries, you know where you got all this Russophobia. NAFO and similar are looking for new jobs 😁