Bush wants extra $75 mln to spur Iran Democracy

[louis-t]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060215/pl_nm/iran_usa_dc

"This is to support democracy. It will be used to improve radio broadcasts, begin satellite broadcasts and include money for scholarships for Iranian students to come to the United States," said the official, who asked not to be named because the announcement was not yet official.

Call it what you will, folks, this money is for propaganda.

[MadHound]

1. Worse yet, this money is probably earmarked for a number

Of black budget, psyop programs.

[fasttense]

2. How about the same amount going to feed our elderly and poor?

What a useless waste of our tax dollars.

[saigon68]

12. Feed our elderly ?

I thought once they cut off the drugs -- they would die? </Extreme sarcasm>

[rodeodance]

3. 'min'

[AzDar]

4. "scholarships for Iranian students..." meanwhile, Nero's currently

submitted budget calls for TREMENDOUS grant/loan/student aid cuts for AMERICAN college students. SICKENING!!

[Nickster]

22. That's really the part that stuck out to me.

[babylonsister]

5. Where IS that money tree planted behind the wh?

Sickening to think there's more concern for Iranian democracy (which they don't want) than to provide basic necessities, like healthcare, to American citizens.

[HereSince1628]

6. We're looking to support Iranian clones of Chalabi make no mistake

The radio broadcasts will be propaganda, the money will be for expatriot Iranians who want to go back and create proper phalangist democracies with them in control of the valuables.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Iran already has democracy. It elected a leader * can't accept.

[magellan]

8. Even worse, there'd be a moderate leading Iran today

...if Bush** hadn't invaded Iraq and provoked the Iranian people further with threats to conform or suffer the consequences.

[ColonelTom]

9. Bingo. So did the Palestinians.

Nice work Dubya :applause:

[UpInArms]

10. Reuters: Bush wants extra $75 mln to spur Iran democracy

http://today.reuters.com/misc/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=uri:2006-02-15T155007Z_01_N15186768_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAN-USA.xml

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush wants $75 million to try to spur democracy in its adversary Iran, expanding a program that skeptics say can have little effect in the Islamic republic.

"The United States will actively confront the aggressive policies of the Iranian regime. At the same time, we will work to support the aspirations of the Iranian people for freedom and democracy in their country," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a congressional budget hearing.

Rice, who said the funds would be used to broadcast U.S. radio and television programs into Iran and help pay for Iranians to study in America, requested the money in a supplemental budget request for fiscal year 2006.

Congress has already approved $10 million for such programs for the year, which begins on October 1.

Political analysts and Western diplomats are skeptical U.S. efforts to reach out to Iranians can work in a country where America is labeled the "Great Satan" and believed to be anti-Muslim, particularly because of a perception it favors Israelis over Palestinians.

<snip>

But the Bush administration has emphasized in recent weeks that it is not at odds with the people of Iran and said it wants to help them win freedoms from their government.

...more...

Yeah! Another "sweets and flowers" tossing campaign :sarcasm:


The estimated population of the United States is 298,532,105
so each citizen's share of this debt is $27,519.62.

The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$2.05 billion per day since September 30, 2005

and, heh! we're only exceeding that debt ceiling a little bit :crazy: so let's go monger up another war! :sarcasm:

[Tight_rope]

11. Tell him to come pull it outta my ass!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. which supporter needs a job? That's where the $$ will go.

Hey, why doesn't he spend it on Palestine, instead of seeking to destroy that wreck even more?

[hankthecrank]

14. Funny that not what the Bank tells me when I'm behind in payments

You want more money for that rat hole. Okay here you go.

So sorry looks like your overdue on your payments

[cliss]

15. "an extra $75...."

an EXTRA? What does this mean? That we're already spending money in Iran, trying to foment unrest?

[Earth_First]

16. Good catch! n/t

[Divine Discontent]

18. what???????

money to spur Iranian democracy?????


FUG DAT SHIOTT! millions of people starve in this country every day, elderly and poor men & women can't get halfway decent medical care (my bro suffers so bad from this, please pray for him), and are enivronment is getting raped daily by megacorporations, and he wants us taxpayers to give MORE money to helping Iran???


Screw him.

I want the Dems to just start making FUN of his stupid remarks daily. And KEEP doing it. Laughing after announcing his requests would be great!

[pro_blue_guy]

17. Oy!

Why give Iranian students scholarships?.......I'm gonna be in debt so much after I graduate it makes me sick just thinking about it!

[cantstandbush]

19. Don't you call this "interfering in the governement of a sovereign nation?

The US would go to war if another nation was caught doing this.

[VegasWolf]

20. Bush never did have to share in kindergarten, now he just takes other

people's oil. nt

[twaddler01]

21. "Spur"?

:eyes:

[Deja Q]

23. Nation building, actually.

Also, as has been said, force an animal to take a gun and it'll take it... then shoot you with it.

I think that's what the Iraqi are doing to us right now.

Saddam is gone; they say he's no longer a threat.

Yet all the jobs and other reasons to be proud of something are going. So what's to be proud of?

What's worth defending?