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Formal economic aid, i.e. public, announced, above board. The point of the whole exchange was to humiliate the CIA. They assumed Lee was for sale and he wasn’t

Formal economic aid, i.e. public, announced, above board. The point of the whole exchange was to humiliate the CIA. They assumed Lee was for sale and he wasn’t and he could prove they tried to buy him.

refurb 3y ago
But wouldn't the honorable thing to do be to reject anything?
- dennis_jeeves1 3y ago
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- dennis_jeeves2 3y ago
  An individual would not be alive if he rejected any help, correct ? Think infant hood and childhood. A similar principle holds true for nations.
  - thunky 3y ago
    Are you implying that Singapore would have "died" without the $3.3 million?
    - DANmode 3y ago
      No, they're (seemingly) implying that the circumstances under which someone accepts assistance very much dictates the morality.
- barry-cotter 3y ago
  Why?