Topic: Is President Joe Biden Fair to Afghans? - page 2. (Read 252 times)
President Biden's decision not to give the full amount of money to the Taliban was the right decision. Because as we know that the Taliban is a group that has been known as a terrorist and how can they possibly manage the country well? we have seen that many people are leaving Afghanistan because of the cruelty of the Taliban. Giving them complete control over that kind of money would give them the opportunity to get stronger, they could use the money to buy weapons from the illegal market, who knows.
Is all that money owned by the former Afghan government? I think other governments should at least have to option to take back the money they have donated to the country since they donated it to the democratic government, not the Taliban.
As for the rest of the money, I'm having reservations about handing it over to the Taliban. First, they're not the one who earned it, it was the government they deposed. Second, who knows what they'll end up doing with it. They could just use it fund further military activities. Regardless, none of that is likely to end up in the hands of the Afghan people.
Was this how it has always been? When do a government become "legitimate"? Is it a matter of how many foreign government recognize it?
As for the rest of the money, I'm having reservations about handing it over to the Taliban. First, they're not the one who earned it, it was the government they deposed. Second, who knows what they'll end up doing with it. They could just use it fund further military activities. Regardless, none of that is likely to end up in the hands of the Afghan people.
The US doesn't have to recognize the Taliban as the official new government, they weren't democratically elected so the funds still belong to the previous Afghanistan government. Seeing as they're no longer active, that means the funds are forfeited. It's not fair, but welcome to currency centralization. If the Afghanistan people were concerned about money mismanagement, they shouldn't have allocated 7 billion USD to a government that has a tough time managing their own economy and maybe owned a bit of crypto themselves.
Was this how it has always been? When do a government become "legitimate"? Is it a matter of how many foreign government recognize it?
International politics are rarely about fairness and good intentions. Even if many western countries argue about human rights abuse and the dire situation of the women in Afghanistan - basically being treated as cattle, but with less rights, the fact is that US government cares fundamentally about being re-elected. One way of making sure you are not re-elected is handing money to the Talibans and then having them use it to commit terrorist attacks in your territory.
US will return the money not on fairness or legal arguments, but under the certainty that it won't be used to threaten them.
US will return the money not on fairness or legal arguments, but under the certainty that it won't be used to threaten them.
The US government should not release the money to the Taliban. If they did, the money would not go to the Afghans, it would further fund terrorism and mid-evil behavior that the Taliban engages in.
The US doesn't have to recognize the Taliban as the official new government, they weren't democratically elected so the funds still belong to the previous Afghanistan government. Seeing as they're no longer active, that means the funds are forfeited. It's not fair, but welcome to currency centralization. If the Afghanistan people were concerned about money mismanagement, they shouldn't have allocated 7 billion USD to a government that has a tough time managing their own economy and maybe owned a bit of crypto themselves.
After the fall of the Democratic Government in Afghanistan and the rise of the Taliban, the US froze the $7bn owned by the deposed government in the US Federal Reserved Bank.
After much pressure from International organizations and US allies for the fund to be released to a country that is facing multidimensional economic challenges, the US has finally agreed to release the fund.
But the pattern of the fund release is drawing a lot of argument and confusion. Since the US does not recognize the the new government, they have decided to do everything possible to keep it out of the hands of the Taliban.
President Joe Biden just signed an executive order to share the money into two halves. One part would go to a trust fund to cater for humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. While the other part would be used to compensate the families of the September 11 terrorist attack victims.
Do you think this plan is fair to the people of Afghanistan?
After much pressure from International organizations and US allies for the fund to be released to a country that is facing multidimensional economic challenges, the US has finally agreed to release the fund.
But the pattern of the fund release is drawing a lot of argument and confusion. Since the US does not recognize the the new government, they have decided to do everything possible to keep it out of the hands of the Taliban.
President Joe Biden just signed an executive order to share the money into two halves. One part would go to a trust fund to cater for humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. While the other part would be used to compensate the families of the September 11 terrorist attack victims.
Do you think this plan is fair to the people of Afghanistan?
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