Trump has lavished $16 million US taxpayer dollars on terrorist group White Helmets in 2018 and 2019. US military aggressions in recent decades have often been framed as “humanitarian interventions.” “The hard punch of military power is often delivered inside the kid glove of humanitarian relief.”

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Trump has proudly lavished at least $16.1 million US tax dollars on terror group White Helmets in 2018 and 2019 to date: 

*June 2018, “$6.6 million for the continuation of the vital, life-saving operations of the Syrian Civil Defense, more commonly known as the White Helmets.“… 

*In March 2019, Trump gave $5 million more US taxpayer dollars to Islamic terror group White Helmets, praising them in a State Dept. proclamation: “These heroic first responders have the most dangerous job in the world.…The United States Government strongly supports the work of the White Helmets.” 

*In Oct. 2019 Trump admin. gave another $4.5 million US taxpayer dollars to White Helmets and gushed: “The United States encourages our allies and partners to join us in our support for the SCD [White Helmets, also known as Syrian Civil Defense or SCD] and in our efforts to protect civilians, religious and ethnic minorities, and other innocent victims of the Syrian conflict.” 

“The hard punch of military power is often delivered inside the kid glove of humanitarian relief,” per UK Admiral Sir Philip Jones, Chief of Naval Staff. “It is for this reason that military actions sponsored by the United States and its allies for the past few decades have often been framed as “humanitarian interventions.””….“It was Le Mesurier’s “realization that humanitarian aid was more effective at maintaining war than an army” that spurred his creation of the [White Helmets] organization in order “to maintain public support [ie, billions in US taxpayer cash] for another costly war in a country that is, in reality, posing little to no threat to mainland America” or its allies.”…July 31, 2017, “James Le Mesurier: The Former British Mercenary Who Founded The White Helmets,” Whitney Webb, Mint Press News




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