The Biden administration is asking Congress to provide more than $13 billion in emergency defense aid to Ukraine and an additional $8 billion for humanitarian support through the end of the year.
  • Saganastic@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Afghanistan was democratic during US occupation. Unfortunately, that was overthrown by the taliban when the US pulled out.

        • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          01·
          1 year ago

          Your own source contradicts your claims:

          Prior to the 2021 overthrow of the government by the Taliban, Afghanistan had been consistently ranked as a below-average democracy by U.S.-based non-governmental organization Freedom House. According to their yearly survey Freedom in the World, Afghanistan scored only 27 points in 2019 to 2021 on a 100-point scale, falling in the category of “not free countries.”

          In 2010, a report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime indicated that bribery consumed approximately 23% of the GDP of Afghanistan.[8] This corruption was present in the highest levels of government, with the New Kabul Bank scandal in which a small number of political elites, including cabinet ministers, had embezzled nearly $1 billion through fraudulent loan schemes.[9][10]

          While the first presidential election of the republic in 2004 was relatively peaceful, the following 2009 presidential election was hampered by significant flaws, including a lack of security, low voter turnout, and widespread electoral fraud.[11]

          All this is after being chartiable and not including the 20% voter turnout in 2021 since that was the tail end of that epoch.

          But I bet you’ll blame all these shortcomings on the Afghans.