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I don't understand why people always make comments when there's a crisis about how nobody's helping. There's always aid! The question is, why do people not read
by perl4ever 5y ago
I don't understand why people always make comments when there's a crisis about how nobody's helping. There's always aid! The question is, why do people not read about it, and declare there isn't any?
By no means am I saying the aid is enough, or that it doesn't involve conflicts, that it isn't being wasted or misused, or anything like that. But it is an artificial storyline that the whole world is ignoring any given crisis, that is never accurate.
- Iran has been sending fuel via Hezbollah.
- The US and Turkey have sent aid to Lebanon's military.
- The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Congress was calling for "prompt and significant action" from the Secretary of State, around the beginning of October.
- Greece has sent "humanitarian aid".
- The IMF has been talking to the government about a bailout package, off and on for some time.
I don't vouch for the accuracy or political slant of the following, but it's an example of what people write/say about Lebanon:
"The international community has been providing humanitarian relief, but too much of it ends up siphoned off into the corruption networks that rule Lebanon. Some of the aid is smuggled into Syria, circumventing sanctions against the Assad dictatorship, while turning a considerable profit for criminal enterprises, including Hezbollah. More humanitarian relief is needed, but it should be run through reliable international institutions or through closely monitored non-governmental organizations if it is to support the Lebanese people and not the mafia-like syndicates."
A basic problem, obviously, is that different countries and organizations want to help some people and entities in Lebanon, and not others. But it's not an island from humanity.