[Mb-civic] Re After Neoconservatism

[Mike Blaxill]

Have to say that the Francis Fukuyama piece was
just another US imperial tract dressed up as
"reasonable" discussion about how to conduct
foreign policy.  It's heartening to know that all
these "nice men" are going back to the drawing
board, but calling for groups like the ironically
titled National Endowment for Democracy as one of
the solutions is like trading Jesse James for
Tony Soprano...just ask the people of Haiti who
have experienced NED's "reform" for the past 2
years.

More on the NED is at this link

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/23/1441204

and excerp

"The NED operates with an annual budget of $80
million dollars from U.S. Congress and the State
Department. In Venezuela, it's given money to
several political opponents of President Hugo
Chavez. (SO DIVERTING OIL $$ TO HEALTH CARE AND
LITERACY IS BAD I GUESS) With elections underway
in Haiti, it's reportedly doing the same to
groups linked to the country's tiny elite and
former military.

Last week Democracy Now! interviewed Anthony
Fenton about NED's activities in Haiti and across
the Caribbean and Latin America. Fenton is an
independent journalist and co-author of the book
"Canada in Haiti: Waging War On The Poor
Majority." He has interviewed several top
governmental and non-governmental officials
dealing with Haiti as well as leading members of
Haiti's business community. Last month, he helped
expose an NED-funded journalist who was filing
stories for the Associated Press from Haiti. The
Associated Press subsequently terminated its
relationship with the journalist." (THE AP IS
SHOCKED.. SHOCKED)

Just more of the same and everyone in the
establishment, including the NY Times, plays
along like everything we do is peachy.