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 Steamed RicePosted on Feb 15, 2006New York Times: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a Senate panel today that she plans to ask for $75 million to promote democracy in Iran, but she met with sharp questioning from Democrats about whether Bush administration policies were promoting the rise of anti-American governments around the world. The secretary of state told a Senate panel today that she plans to ask for $75 million to promote democracy in Iran. Ms. Rice told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the money for Iran, on top of $10 million already provided in the current budget, would be used to “support the democratic aspirations of the Iranian people,” and to counter the influence of Tehran’s new hard-line regime. Truthdig says: Most of the money would go toward round-the-clock TV programming in Farsi. And while that’s probably not a bad idea, it’s hard to imagine that any amount of TV would meaningfully distract attention from the spectacle of the American occupation of Iraq. Previous item: Cheney Admits to Drinking Before Accident Elsewhere: . CommentsAre you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig. Add Your Comment
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By faith, February 15, 2006 at 7:23 pm #
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Instead of spending 75 million dollars of marketing hype concerning democracy, why don’t we just keep those dollars in the United States and provide health care and food and shelter for our own poor. Who do we think we are, the reincarnation of the Encomienda ? It is not for us to decide that all the world’s countries and cultures should be democracies. Allow those foreign countries the opportunity to decide for themselves what form of government will work best for their needs. Might for right, yes. Might to force upon others our ideology is wrong.
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