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Over many decades, billions of dollars in aid has gone to sub-Saharan Africa, primarily from Western nations. It is fair to ask why all those countries still seem to be always lagging behind the rest of the world. Where did all that money go? Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s former military ruler, was a billionaire - and not in naira, but in dollars. Upon his death in 1998, the Nigerian government uncovered over $3 billion linked to the sadistic despot held in personal and proxy bank accounts in tax havens as diverse as Switzerland, Luxembourg, Jersey and Liechtenstein. Following a series of negotiations between the Nigerian government and the Abacha family, Abacha’s first son, Mohammed eventually returned $1.2 billion to the Nigerian government in 2002. Another theoretical billionaire was Mobutu Sese Seko, the former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Over his 30-year reign as ruler of the resource-rich Central African country, Sese Seko amassed a personal fortune estimated by various sources (including Transparency International) at somewhere between $1 billion and $5 billion. Experts believe virtually all of it was illicitly acquired from the nation’s coffers and stashed away in Swiss banks. While his reign lasted, Sese Seko earned an international notoriety as a poster boy for the excesses of typical African despots. He owned a string of exotic Mercedes cars and divided his time between plush palatial residences in Paris and Lausanne, Switzerland. He also developed a special taste for pink Champagne and flew in fresh cakes from Paris for his consumption. But one of the wealthiest, albeit lesser-talked about African leaders to emerge from Africa is Nigeria’s former military president, Ibrahim Babangida. The gap-toothed military general and self-acclaimed “Evil genius” is unofficially one of the richest men in Nigeria and in Africa. The 70 year-old former military ruler governed Nigeria from 1985 to 1993 and is widely believed to have laundered some $12 billion earned from an oil windfall during the 1992 Gulf War.

It doesn't look like anything will change within the Democrat party anytime soon. I can't decide if the stuff in the link below is simply pathetic or simply hilarious. Perhaps both.

If they(Biden/Harris) didn't give Ukraine everything they promised, is that not also kind of leaving Ukraine hanging? Just as you guys are accusing Trump of doing? I'm of the opinion that the best option is to end this war asap and neither Russia or Ukraine will end up getting what they want, but the slaughter should end.

Ok, so you clearly didn't watch the link I posted above. I get it. Tens of billions sent to Ukraine unaccounted for might not reflect well on the Democrats that sent all that money there. Better to not ask questions. 🤫

I'm just listening to what the source (president Zelensky....of Ukraine!) is saying. One would think that the man that has gone cap in hand to many nations begging for aid should be keeping a close eye on where this money is going. But he publicly states he has no idea. 'How do you know it went anywhere?' Well it must have gone somewhere. And Zelensky is unable to account for more than half the aid, 58% to be more precise. It's Zelensky who is saying this! President of Ukraine. Surely you have heard of him?

This topic is about abandoning Ukraine so I think this is an appropriate place to discuss tens of billions in missing aid money that supposedly went to that country. Once again, specifically...billions in Ukraine aid money....unaccounted for. You're not even curious in the slightest about this?

And we all know how that went don't we? No comment on all that missing aid money designated for Ukraine? Are you not interested in that?

Back to Ukraine. The Biden/Harris administration did send an enormous amount of aid to Ukraine, but as it turns out, a lot of it cannot be accounted for. Who is saying that? Volodymyr Zelensky. It seems that certain people may have become fabulously wealthy from all this aid that may not have had enough strings attached.

Now just who was in charge when the US withdrew from Afghanistan?

Afghanistan?

They just picked one David Hogg to become DNC Vice Chair. Yes, the camera seeking anti-2nd amendment social media activist.

This is what Trump wanted from Canada, more action on securing the border. You guys are bragging that big bad bully Trump backed down but conveniently left out why he is putting a hold on these tariffs.

And the same could be said of Joe Biden. Americans were led to believe they were getting 'the steady, experienced hand at the wheel' kind of leadership. What they got was someone who was clearly not up to the job, not in charge and the most far-left agenda of any administration in history. The election results showed most Americans were not on board with another four years of the same.

I was being sarcastic and not referring to Biden.

'The most dangerous clown in history' lol Americans have already experienced this 'dangerous clown for a four year period. Now they want another four. Due in part to the incompetence of the Biden/Harris administration. The rhetoric from the left is just so over the top.

Not aware of the Twitter files?

A designated hate group? Wait, don't tell me...Southern Poverty Law Center?😒

Should a migrant go to New York City, they may be eligible for a pre-paid debit card. A pilot program there involves $53 million being spent to give families with two children $350 a week. The cards can only be used at grocery stores, bodegas and convenience stores and migrants must promise to only spend on food and baby supplies. Authorities there said they wanted to see the program expanded to all migrant families currently staying in hotels. A family of four might be provided nearly $1,000 each month, or $35 per day for food, the New York Post reported. The cards are replenished every 28 days. These things sound like benefits to me. Who is picking up the tab for this?

Even with millions of illegals in the country, Americans were still suffering from those mostly self-inflicted ailments. And according to Stephen Miller, only about 1% of those were actually working in agriculture. The vast majority ended up in the big cities, many collecting welfare and other benefits.

Maybe if you use 'they/them' then one of you can still work.😉

If there was a staffing shortage, why were they turning away applicants like the man in this article? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/01/31/diversity-hiring-cost-me-job-at-faa-a-crash-was-inevitable/ There is currently a pending lawsuit alleging that the FAA turned away around 1000 qualified applicants because of race. https://iotwreport.com/from-2024-faa-sued-for-throwing-out-air-traffic-controller-applications-based-on-applicants-race/ Can you guess the race of these applicants that were rejected?

The number of near misses in the air did increase under Biden/Harris. https://people.com/pilots-warned-of-dangerous-increase-in-near-misses-at-u-s-airports-before-american-airlines-crash-8783168 Common sense tells us that Air Traffic Control and piloting should be professions which should not use DEI but this was not the case with the Democrat administration.

I don't know about that. This list from 2020 shows that he had his share of big donors too. Contributor Total Alphabet Inc $963,943 University of California $903,237 Amazon.com $781,837 Apple Inc $480,498 US Postal Service $438,076 Microsoft Corp $430,804 City of New York, NY $397,513 Kaiser Permanente $313,574 AT&T Inc $298,156 US Army $290,892 US Air Force $286,519 Walmart Inc $271,790 State of California $263,087 US Dept of Defense $247,397 Facebook Inc $240,915 US Government $239,081 US Dept of Veterans Affairs $228,427 United Parcel Service $221,358 Walt Disney Co $217,162 IBM Corp $214,977

It seems leftists are ignoring the conservatives much more than the other way around. They don't like to be challenged and don't like other viewpoints.