Sure, I agree. Though I’d posit that there were probably plenty of employees at USAID who probably were primarily motived by providing humanitarian assistance.
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And they’re private
So much for that
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Absolutely
I think this is probably true, but the aid they provide is likely the best possible very of trying to exert influence over other countries.
If you set aside the question of whether America is exerting influence over the right things, then yea that’s probably true.
Withdrawing aid as has been done is a crime against humanity, but a lot of the aid undercuts the self-reliance of the countries receiving it and I think, for some parties anyway, that’s intentional.
What was pretty open in the Vietnam War (Agent Blue killing rice and Strategic Hamlets where the population would depend on US food), I think has been pretty clearly deployed in many places. Notably rice aid in Haiti has destroyed much of their own food production. People will take free rice instead of buying local food. Local food producers go out of business. Everyone needs free rice.
Damned if we do and damned if we don’t
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Not the Seminole Tribe.
It’s true; they weren’t known for being warlike before Spain arrived.
Although they also didn’t exist under the Seminole banner either.