Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Is This Another Form of Genocide? As of today, 720,000 recipients (480,000 children) dependent on US AID, Have died from the sudden lack of food and medication. Can one man really decide to determine the fate of so many? Myriads are crying out. When such a system is created, is it criminal to suddenly withdraw Such a backup system, upon which so many are dependant, With no possible alternative to which one might rely for their survival? Other projected stats determine many possible outcomes: The Lancet (June 2025) estimated that the loss of US AID programs Might result in over 14 million preventable deaths by 2030. (This includes about 4.5 million children under 5.) Projections (2025) indicate such cuts would result In an additional 166,000 malaria deaths, Plus a daily loss of 1,500 babies being born HIV-positive, Due to the halt of maternal medications. Might this action be defined as the creation Of a political holocaust of our time? In spite of these projections, Secretary of State, Mario Rubio, Asserts in his Congressional testimony That "no one has died" from these aid cuts! Just how far can the truth be pulled? Frank Maurer 14 January 2026 1135 Hours.