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Remember that having a global humanitarian organisation that is seen to be an arm of the US government or military can make the organisation useless. People in far off countries which are/can be targets of US military attacks are highly unlikely to cooperate with an organisation that they think is going to spy on them and report back.

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Peace Corps is not working in any countries which are targets of US military attacks. They do work in some countries where local politicians scapegoat the US.

It works out OK, because volunteers are not conducting espionage inside government ministries, they are doing things like teaching classes on how to dig better toilets. It seems to take an American or a European to be so paranoid that even this can be cast as a sinister activity.

It seems to take an American or a European to be so paranoid that even this can be cast as a sinister activity.

They know their history. The possibility that their governments would do something as underhanded as hide a person with ulterior motive inside a humanitarian organization is not irrational.

You do know the US Government set up a (sorta) fake vaccination centre to catch Osama Bin Laden? The original post we're commenting on is how the US can't really be trusted. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/11/cia-fake-vaccina...

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