(John McCain and Joseph Lieberman in Tahrir Square, Cairo, pretending to support democracy in Egypt.)
by Philip Giraldi, March 03, 2011
"......Those who are aware of the insidious activities of the National Endowment for Democracy or NED, an ostensibly private foundation that spreads "democracy" and is largely funded by the government, will not be surprised to learn that it is already active in North Africa because it is almost everywhere. NED, which has a Democratic Party half in its National Democratic Institute, and a Republican Party half in its International Republican Institute, was the driving force behind the series of pastel revolutions that created turmoil in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism. Remember when the Russians and others complained about the activities of NGOs interfering in their politics? NED was what they were referring to.
Albright is in charge of the NED Dems while John McCain leads the NED GOP. Which is not to say that there is much in the way of adult leadership as neither Albright nor McCain in any way supervises NED’s activities. That is probably a good thing as neither has ever demonstrated anything like a gentle touch or a shred of compassion. NED has its own budget and is free of any real government or media oversight because it was carefully designed to be half Republican and half Democratic, while spreading democracy and human rights would seem to be objectives that are more-or-less consensus issues for most congressmen and not subject to much scrutiny......
The driving principle of NED is that Americans have a duty to spread democracy worldwide. Wrong.... "
"......Those who are aware of the insidious activities of the National Endowment for Democracy or NED, an ostensibly private foundation that spreads "democracy" and is largely funded by the government, will not be surprised to learn that it is already active in North Africa because it is almost everywhere. NED, which has a Democratic Party half in its National Democratic Institute, and a Republican Party half in its International Republican Institute, was the driving force behind the series of pastel revolutions that created turmoil in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism. Remember when the Russians and others complained about the activities of NGOs interfering in their politics? NED was what they were referring to.
Albright is in charge of the NED Dems while John McCain leads the NED GOP. Which is not to say that there is much in the way of adult leadership as neither Albright nor McCain in any way supervises NED’s activities. That is probably a good thing as neither has ever demonstrated anything like a gentle touch or a shred of compassion. NED has its own budget and is free of any real government or media oversight because it was carefully designed to be half Republican and half Democratic, while spreading democracy and human rights would seem to be objectives that are more-or-less consensus issues for most congressmen and not subject to much scrutiny......
The driving principle of NED is that Americans have a duty to spread democracy worldwide. Wrong.... "
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