USA Foreign Policy ship has run aground. You can hear the bottom scraping against the shore as the large ship continues hurtling forward. Looking at the above pic - gas canisters "Made in America," you can't help but marvel at the "soft power" being thrown around. No - it's not Coca-Cola, and it's certainly not Four Loko. But yes, it is "made in America."
A few interesting articles:
Tear gas used by Egyptian security "Made in America" - here. Sad association for people championing democracy. One can only juxtapose this with Eastern Europeans several decades ago demanding an end to tyranny. Only then it was the USSR that propped up the strong men.
Last week Human Rights Watch released a report on the activities of the gov't that the USA has been propping up - here
Ron Paul has hit the right note on his assessment of the U.S. propping up Strong Men ("he might be a bast*ard, but he's our bast*rd" decade long policies) with his blog "our 30 year mistake". Well - Paul calls for the USA to step aside and let Egyptians take of their internal affairs. This is all well and good, but as Paul admits, USA foreign military aid has been the muscle enhancing drug his weak body as used for decades to compete.
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