Just call it what it was

When the government’s own kid pipeline gets described as a fraud-fueled “smuggling operation,” maybe we can retire the humanitarian branding for five minutes. The ugly little tell is that every border racket eventually comes wrapped in moral blackmail: don’t ask questions, just fund it and clap. And if this mess sounds less like compassion and more like bureaucracy laundering chaos, that’s because “saving children” is one of the regime’s favorite costumes.

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