tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874869649906953718.post3231831510012343387..comments2022-03-03T17:16:23.881-08:00Comments on A Guy in the World: Foreign Aid As a Tool For National SecurityChuck Blanchardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417638725063186710noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874869649906953718.post-37498444474717135962017-03-12T18:06:33.257-07:002017-03-12T18:06:33.257-07:00Thanks for the post , it is really unwise to cut t...Thanks for the post , it is really unwise to cut the foreign aid , even from the perspective of the new administration of Trump : <br /><br />First , more developed is the third world , more they buy from American firms . If democracy reigns , human rights are respected , then , more correlation it has with economic prosperity , so : <br /><br />Fair and just judiciaries , attract more foreign investments , and increase consumption . More transparency also has the same impact. Wealth better spread to the people, not kept by oligarchs or dictators , then, more consumption will benefit US firms: " Microsoft " would sell more, so " Apple " , " Cuter pillar " if agriculture more developed etc.…. Human rights , rule of law , always generates better economic developments . This is always has been good for America . <br /><br />Even in military terms , this is because , foreign aid , grants leverage on other states , receiving such aid . And America , needs it !! Trump himself , has put the global fight against terror , as a very high priority . So, he needs cooperation of many world states , it is simple as an apple !! <br /><br />See here for example , The Israeli state or its national air line ( receiving huge Aid ) were thinking of buying Airbus instead of Boeing , and strict intervention of state department , intercepted any ridiculous idea of such , here : <br /><br />http://www.jta.org/1997/12/23/archive/news-analysis-el-al-chooses-boeing-amid-intense-pressure-from-u-s-2<br /><br />Here, look at interrogations of terrorists in states in eastern Europe, in secret prisons in fact (" black sites " illegal, but just for the illustration) here: <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_site<br /><br />Look here , the drones of Obama , the " mega liberal " targeting and taking out , not one , not twice , terrorists in Yemen , here : <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drone_strikes_in_Yemen<br /><br />Thanks <br />el roamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406442932147092365noreply@blogger.com