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| American think tank turns wrath on NGOs | |
| 2003-06-20 | |
WASHINGTON: Having led the charge to war in Iraq, an influential think tank close to the Bush administration has added a new target, international non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Not just any international NGOs, but especially, if not exclusively, those with a âprogressiveâ or âliberalâ agenda that favors âglobal governanceâ and other notions that are also promoted by the United Nations and other multilateral agencies. The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) announced Wednesday that it, along with another right-wing group, the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, is launching a new website  located at www.ngowatch.org  to expose the funding, operations and agendas of international NGOs, and their alleged efforts to constrain US freedom of action in international affairs and influence the behavior of corporations abroad.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 Good. Very good. The self-serving asshole NGOs have made the Iraq situation (for example) much worse than it should've been. I am fed up with their holier-than-thou bullshit on the pseudo-news circuit. Oxfam is one that was repeatedly featured by BBC (Baghdad Broadcasting Co) and CNN (Conjecture, Not News) and the jerk constantly whined about the entire spectrum of problems - and did zip to help anyone except himself as he sat on his fat ass at the Savoy. It's very hard to find an organization (read: more than 2 people) to which you can donate money and know that it will actually do what was promised instead of being siphoned off to pay "executive" salaries. The United Way is a prime example. I'll check out the site in hopes that it is very revealing. |
| Posted by: PD 2003-06-20 23:17:26 |
| #1 Some NOGOs have an agenda? And it's anti-American? Say it ain't so! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-06-20 22:20:40 |