Posted on 03/18/2005 1:30:43 PM PST by Semper_Volo
In the weeks after a popular uprising toppled a corrupt government in Ukraine, President Bush hailed the so-called Orange Revolution as proof that democracy was on the march and promised $60 million to help secure it in Kiev. But Republican congressional allies balked and slashed it this week to $33.7 million.
The shrinking financial commitment to Ukrainian democracy highlights a broader gap between rhetoric and resources among budget writers in the Bush administration and on Capitol Hill as the president vows to devote his second term to "ending tyranny in our world," according to budget documents, congressional critics and democracy advocates.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Why is it every time some country gets screwed up, we have to send them money? They resent it and we can't afford it.
The Washington Post, in this case, misrepresented our efforts toward defense. There's a new "evil Empire" forming (evil Axis, actually), and it's rather large. We're only "ending tyranny in our world" where despotic leaders are threatening the USA.
Meanwhile, the various kinds of paleo-fascists (all who stand against the USA) continue to call us "neocons" and perpetuate lies against our alliances necessary for defense.
NEOCON MAG PROMOTES ANTI-MUSLIM HATE LITERATURE
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