American arrogance overseas should end
AntiWar.Com
by Ivan Eland
02/16/10
The arrest of the 10-member church group trying to “rescue” 33 Haitian children from the aftermath of the earthquake by smuggling them across the border to the Dominican Republic has wider implications for U.S. foreign policy. The group’s besmirching of the substantial and laudable American humanitarian effort in Haiti is regrettable. But the arrogance of simply ignoring the rule of law in foreign countries is a rich American tradition, practiced by the U.S. government as well as missionaries such as these...
http://original.antiwar.com/eland/2010/02/15/american-arrogance/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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HAITI: Private Contractors 'Like Vultures Coming to Grab the Loot'
Critics are concerned that private military contractors are positioning themselves at the centre of an emerging "shock doctrine" for earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50396
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Haiti
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=foreign+policy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=arrogan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=contractor
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivan+Eland
by Ivan Eland
02/16/10
The arrest of the 10-member church group trying to “rescue” 33 Haitian children from the aftermath of the earthquake by smuggling them across the border to the Dominican Republic has wider implications for U.S. foreign policy. The group’s besmirching of the substantial and laudable American humanitarian effort in Haiti is regrettable. But the arrogance of simply ignoring the rule of law in foreign countries is a rich American tradition, practiced by the U.S. government as well as missionaries such as these...
http://original.antiwar.com/eland/2010/02/15/american-arrogance/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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HAITI: Private Contractors 'Like Vultures Coming to Grab the Loot'
Critics are concerned that private military contractors are positioning themselves at the centre of an emerging "shock doctrine" for earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50396
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Haiti
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=foreign+policy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=arrogan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=contractor
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivan+Eland
rudkla - 16. Feb, 10:32
