Analyzing the Coronavirus stimulus bill by the US State Department/USAID, the Grayzone, an independent news website managed by Max Blumenthal, an award-winning American journalist, looked at Washington’s dismal health “care” operations in Syria and Pakistan.
According to Blumenthal “the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides $250 million for the State Department to implement “economic, security, and stabilization” activities through an “Economic Support Fund” (ESF). Earmarked for activities through September 2020, the bill authorizes the State Department to fund “international organizations.” While the bill does not specify which organizations qualify for funding, many recent State Department “security and stabilization” operations have relied heavily on foreign proxies which did exactly the opposite of improving public health systems. This was particularly true in Syria, where the US embarked on a multi-billion-dollar regime-change operation that actively destabilized large swaths of the country. This resulted in the resurgence of polio just 15 years after the Syrian government had eradicated it. The disease likely returned to the country, thanks to the infiltration of militant fighters from Pakistan, where the CIA had destroyed confidence in anti-polio efforts by launching a fake vaccination drive that doubled as a spying campaign in its hunt for Osama bin Laden.”
The Grayzone analysis highlights the political reality that Washington’s so-called humanitarian missions always have US geopolitical priorities as goals.
Courtesy: the Grazyzone
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