Krauthammer’s almost realist view.
We give foreign aid
for two reasons: (a) to support allies who share our values and our interests,
and (b) to extract from less-than-friendly regimes concessions that either
bring their policies more in line with ours or strengthen competing actors more
favorably inclined toward American objectives.
That’s the point of
foreign aid. It’s particularly important in countries like Egypt whose fate is
in the balance. But it will only work if we remain clear-eyed about why we give
all that money in the first place.
Now, if only he were enough of a realist about our
interests, our wealth, and our power to be an isolationist, we’d be cooking.
Values?
Values are nice.
Values?
Values are nice.
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