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David Merrifield's avatar

USAID is and has always been a front for nefarious CIA activity. It is and always has been an agent of corruption. I first learned of their association in 1986 during a poly-sci 101 course. The American people ARE at WAR with their own IC.

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Anuradha Pandey's avatar

You clearly meticulously investigated this and bravo for not losing your sanity amid the tedium. One question and a comment:

Where do you come down on all this? I appreciate that you probably weren’t trying to present your own conclusions but I’m still curious.

“Democrats countered that USAID's democracy promotion activities represent legitimate support for universal values rather than regime change operations.”

This is a perfect example of when the professional managerial class denies universal values when discussing moral issues that divide us (postmodern theory provided the foundation for this by rejecting “meta narratives” like that silly enlightenment) but will use the same universal values to defend corruption in institutions they run. The republican reform list seemed perfectly reasonable.

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