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luke
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 Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:57 pm Post subject: U.S. fights terrorism by supporting oppression |
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| Quote: | U.S. fights terrorism by supporting oppression
There's something weirdly contradictory about fighting terrorists, who by definition are enemies of human rights, by supporting regimes which themselves disrespect human rights. But that is essentially what the U.S. has been doing since 9/11.
The Center for Public Integrity has sponsored a series of reports by its International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) that examine the sizable military aid the U.S. has given sometimes oppressive and usually anti-democratic regimes like Indonesia, Thailand and Pakistan.
Collected under the headline "Collateral Damage," the reports highlight the role of foreign lobbying, including the involvement of former U.S. lawmakers as their highly paid advocates, to keep the money flow alive.
The reports makes worthwhile and troubling reading since they get at a basic illogic in U.S. foreign policy. It's the stated goal of U.S. policymakers to encourage democracy but at the same time the U.S. provides huge sums of U.S. tax dollars in aid to anti-democratic foreign governments that routinely flout human rights. |
report here http://www.publicintegrity.org/militaryaid/report.aspx?aid=872 |
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Salim201
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| P.Diddy just did a set on the diana concert and said clap your hands for all the people we lost in this 'senseless' war in iraq.. with prince harry in the audience! |
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