Reply #56: You're being disengenous. [View All]

[High Plains]

Yes, NED may fund some "good deeds." It has also funded lots of nasty things. I remember, for instance, NED funding "democratic unions" in El Salvador to help prop up the military dictatorship against the revolutionary leftist unions who played a key role in the thwarted revolution there. I knew labor leaders who were murdered by NED's buddies.

But the main objection I have is that it is a US government-funded program of intervention in the internal affairs of other countries.

Would you mind if President Ahmadinejad of Iran pumped a lot of money into influencing the US political process. Or the Israelis? Or maybe it's okay if Chavez pumps a few million into the US Bolivarian Party?

Well, no, they aren't going to do that, are they? Why not? Because it's illegal under US law.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander, I say.

I guess if you think the US is all about "exporting democracy," you won't have any problems with NED. Some of don't think that's what the US is all about.