In the course of the conversation I asked (Warren Nutter, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Nixon Administration) how Washington got so many other governments to do its bidding.
He answered, “Money.”
I asked, “You mean foreign aid?”
He said, “No, bags of money. We buy the leaders.”
He didn’t approve of it, but there was nothing he could do about it.
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Not just that. There is also dirt.
"Who will bailout the IMF after FF is finished with them?"
When you say you, do you actually mean you?
Hi Paul.Originally Posted by Sonny
"It is important therefore that I clarify to the House that in the first instance there are significant monies within Anglo-Irish to take the strain of loan losses arising over the next three or four years, before State support is engaged." Brian Lenihan 15/01/09
Money and dirt makes the imperial world go round...always has & always will.
Which is why it's a good bet that many Vichy Irish "leaders" have off-shore bank accounts.
They don't sell out our sovereignty for free.
No, that word "you" in the cited article above refers to Warren Nutter.
Sorry, but I'm not Paul Craig Roberts.
I just cited that pertinent piece from one of his recent editorials on Counterpunch.
thats the way politics goes.... and it will always be....
Sigh! Another anti American thread on p.ie
There seems to be no end to them, I just wish there was some substance to them!
"Am I the only one around here taking crazy pills?" - Mugatu (paraphrase) - Zoolander
In fairness, the yanks don't do themselves any favours with their rather unsavoury ethics.
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