[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

If the UK is paying reparation for colonial rule then it is up the the recipients what they spend any monies owed on.
If I owed you £20 I cannot demand to know what you intend to do with it. :/

If they are spending the money on weapons of mass destruction then no, it's really not. I wouldn't want to be responsible for their nukes, would you?

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by jaxie

If they are spending the money on weapons of mass destruction then no, it's really not. I wouldn't want to be responsible for their nukes, would you?

Um, are they not as entitled to 'defence' as we are?....

*disclaimer
In an ideal world nobody should need nukes.

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Um, are they not as entitled to 'defence' as we are?....

*disclaimer
In an ideal world nobody should need nukes.

Of course but not if we are paying for it.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by jaxie

Of course but not if we are paying for it.

Essentially it's their money, they can do what they like with it, I don't like my taxes funding things like arming saudis but ....

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Essentially it's their money, they can do what they like with it, I don't like my taxes funding things like arming saudis but ....

Then I can choose not to give it and it won't be their money at all. If I am giving aid of course I should have every right to question what it is spent on, just as I'd have every right to stop giving if I disapproved. I wouldn't fund an alcoholic or drug addicted friend. That wouldn't help them at all.

I am stunned anyone thinks it's OK that aid could be spent on weapons of mass destruction if that is how the recipient wants to spend it.