Try, because they all too frequently lead to killing wars (not to mention, third-world destitution, economic downturns, consumers and exporters getting royally butt-fucked, etc.).
And all the damage in such wars is "collateral": the victims are always workers, consumers, families... losing money, losing choice, losing livelihoods.
While the plutocrats (as often happens in shooting wars) make out like bandits.
And even Bono has figured it out apparently (the fact that free trade has brought millions of third-world people out of poverty while foreign aid has only propped up the dictators).
Propping up dictators seems a common US foreign policy. Along the lines of bringing third world people out of poverty a local elderly dame was swindled out of $600,000 by some slick operator in Ghana. (even had a 'Ghanese diplomat' stop by our little airport to pick up the cash) FBI picked up the leader at NYC airport, but most of the cash is lost over in Ebola-ville. Whatever happened to caveat emptor?
And all the damage in such wars is "collateral": the victims are always workers, consumers, families... losing money, losing choice, losing livelihoods.
ReplyDeleteWhile the plutocrats (as often happens in shooting wars) make out like bandits.
And even Bono has figured it out apparently (the fact that free trade has brought millions of third-world people out of poverty while foreign aid has only propped up the dictators).
ReplyDeletePropping up dictators seems a common US foreign policy. Along the lines of bringing third world people out of poverty a local elderly dame was swindled out of
ReplyDelete$600,000 by some slick operator
in Ghana. (even had a 'Ghanese
diplomat' stop by our little
airport to pick up the cash)
FBI picked up the leader at NYC
airport, but most of the cash
is lost over in Ebola-ville.
Whatever happened to caveat emptor?
BB said: "Propping up dictators seems a common US foreign policy."
ReplyDeleteI remember when these were published.