And because I think Saieed I. Khalil is too modest to share this beautiful piece of literature that he would have played a role in formulating. A comprehensive piece on the ills of US interventionist politics. Even to this day, he is still a man who is opposed to US interventionism through one D. Brent Hardt. Or at least one would hope. #TakeABowMasterKhalil Have a read Ravin Singh, Ephraim Haley Vanessa Narine Matthew Gaul Luminary Bollers Richard Rambarran Travez Daly Tracey Khan-Drakes ___________________ AS the US embassy’s tiff with the Government of Guyana over a planned $300 million USAID-funded Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project continues to spiral, the expansive column inches of commentary pertaining to the issue have yet to speak to the proverbial elephant in the room. That is, Uncle Sam’s history of ‘democratic interventions’ in foreign states is blotchy at best. During the Cold War struggle, US foreign policy was predicated more on containing communism and economic nationalism than on promoting democracy – US President John F. Kennedy was quoted as saying that while the US President favoured democratic regimes, given the choice between right wing, pro-American Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo and then leftist guerrilla Fidel Castro, the US would choose the former. These days, US-sponsored “democracy” initiatives appear to be predicated not on any dominant ideology or desire to foster democracy, but on a desire to install governments that are subservient to its myriad interests. And it has sought to do so using its allied NGOs, particularly the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and the International Republican Institute (IRI), the latter being the conduit through which funding for the LEAD project is to flow. guyanachronicle/march-of-an-empire/
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