I am not a fan of either one and would eliminate funding for both in a heartbeat.
Nonetheless I think it is an especially damning indication of how messed up US policy in Egypt is, that even these groups cannot operate under the rule of the US-financed Egyptian military. Recall that during the Salvadoran civil war, in which the government was backed, armed and financed by the US, two USAID employees were assassinated by US-financed Salvadoran government death squads. I thought that was a particularly strong example of how messed up US policy was. I see this similarly. It is another indication that US "foreign aid" needs to be hit with a two-by-four. On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 8:22 PM, michael perelman <[email protected]> wrote: > the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican > Institute are hardly dedicated to democracy. They have dreadful > records of pushing the worst of US foreign policy. > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA > 95929 > > 530 898 5321 > fax 530 898 5901 > http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
