Monday, September 08, 2014

Foreign Policy

Think tanks secretly take money from foreign governments to promote the interests of those governments. Corruption is the price of empire.
"Dual Israeli-American citizen Saban makes no bones about the goal of his giving: he has said that his number one priority in giving money to thinktanks like Brookings is to "strengthen the US-Israeli relationship." As a New Yorker profile of Saban put it, he counts "three ways to be influential in American politics": "make donations to political parties, establish think tanks, and control media outlets." Saban owns Univision and has repeatedly tried to buy the Los Angeles Times. He is also one of the top donors to the Democratic party, and will no doubt be a major contributor to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign."
That's a good breakdown. The whole system is corrupt.

Dutch intellectuals apologize for the imperialism of the US-led west in open letter to Putin. While Putin appears a great statesman compared to western rulers, it's only by comparison. He's evil too.

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