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Yet, when I feel exactly the same way, and do unto you the same way, it's against the rules of FR?

Again, those are Jim’s quite reasonable rules.

And to be fair, those who support sending billions upon billions of our tax dollars with no audits or accountability to a known money laundering operation are taking the Biden position on this issue.

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And to be fair, those who support sending billions upon billions of our tax dollars with no audits or accountability to a known money laundering operation are taking the Biden position on this issue.

Yet, when it came to sending our tax dollars with no real audits to places like Iraq and Afghanistan, that was not money laundering or without accountability? FACT is that, we spend hundred of billions each year in support of our allies all over the world, and not all the money can be accounted for. It all depends upon what the meaning of "is" is. Money laundering has occurred since time immemorial with our country and others; its actually called 'foreign policy', because, it's also about tit-for-tat or quid-pro-quo. It's a normal state affairs. nationally and internationally. Nobody can control where all the money goes, and in many cases, we are better off not knowing. Not that necessarily agree with it, but, that's how things work, unfortunately. How do you think China became a world power? We did things with China that we now regret, but, there was a lot of quid-pro-quo, and accountability was not a concern then.

But, we can cut back and mind our own business and hope for the best.