{"id":43172,"date":"2021-09-14T14:28:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T18:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=43172"},"modified":"2021-09-14T14:28:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T18:28:03","slug":"showering-terrorists-with-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=43172","title":{"rendered":"Showering Terrorists With Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/13\/usaid-humanitarian-aid-afghanistan-taliban-state-department-blinken\/?utm_source=piano&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=2360&amp;tpcc%3D=newsletter&amp;pnespid=vLR6Bz5GMa4X1abPpjjuFc_IrwCpCZ92d_Sg3rVz8EJm.BHGFp3yEoxEk2lSdzbWwNp.ef.Q1w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Caller<\/a> reported yesterday that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will be sending $64 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to address the \u201ccompounding effects of insecurity, conflict, recurring natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d That makes my head hurt. How about sending $64 million in aid to America to house our homeless veterans and improve healthcare for our veterans?<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The funding will come from USAID and the State Department, and will be distributed through the United Nations and independent aid groups, the agency said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/news-information\/press-releases\/sep-13-2021-united-states-nearly-64-million-additional-humanitarian-assistance-afghanistan\">press release<\/a>. The humanitarian aid will help provide vulnerable Afghans with \u201ccritically needed food, health care, nutrition, medical supplies, protection, hygiene supplies and other urgently needed relief.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>USAID also said it has created a Disaster Assistance Response Team to lead the U.S. government\u2019s humanitarian response in Afghanistan and work with partners on the ground to provide assistance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Does anyone actually believe that the money will be used for humanitarian purposes and not to arm terrorists in the Middle East?<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Afghanistan\u2019s neighbors to keep their borders open to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/10\/afghan-refugees-flagged-security-concerns\/\">refugees<\/a> and promised to ensure the Taliban does not block humanitarian assistance, particularly to groups such as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/26\/afghanistan-taliban-sharia-law-human-rights-violations-women-christians\/\">women and girls<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cThe United States will also work with the international community to help ensure that the Taliban follow through on its commitments and advance unhindered humanitarian access, freedom of movement for aid workers of all genders, safety and security of humanitarian staff, and safe passage for all those who wish to leave Afghanistan,\u201d\u00a0 he said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/the-united-states-announces-additional-humanitarian-assistance-for-the-people-of-afghanistan\/\">statement<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s time to remove the State Department from our government. They obviously do not work for us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily Caller reported yesterday that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will be sending $64 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to address the \u201ccompounding effects of insecurity, conflict, recurring natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d That makes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=43172\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[832,11202,13784,7015,14292,223],"class_list":["post-43172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-afghanistan","tag-humanitarian-aid","tag-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken","tag-the-daily-caller","tag-u-s-agency-for-international-development-usaid","tag-united-nations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43173,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43172\/revisions\/43173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}