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August 18, 2005
On Egypt and Democracy, An Amusing Comment
From Beh: Imperial Presidency, Chinks
This comment amused me. Unfair to a moderate degree, but only moderate:
Additional American State Department funds are also being earmarked for a “Women’s Political Participation in Egypt” project ($350,000) and “Establishing a Network of Democrats in the Middle East and North Africa” ($750,00). The latter seeks to establish “a formal network of democrats.” What’s that, I wonder? The announcement says “training sessions” will be organised and “moral support” proffered. Capital, where can I sign up? There’s nothing I’d love more than to spend my time being recruited and educated by the American government about democracy. I say, it’s so radically thoughtful of the Americans to offer us wretched natives some training in democracy.
However, Democracy is in with the State Department politicos, so you're going to get rather lame democracy education efforts run by bright eyed Americans, like the ones I meet here going the same thing. Very earnest. Very clueless.
Posted by The Lounsbury at August 18, 2005 08:31 PM
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Standard logic of foreign aid, it seems. Does a lot more for those who dispense it--at least it makes them look good--than those on the receiving end. (Like all the Norwegian foreign aid propping up African dictators) But, heck, it's not their money they are giving away.
Posted by: kao_hsien_chih at August 19, 2005 12:41 AM
