Tuesday, February 19, 2008
U.S. Foreign Policy and Dictatorships
by Ken Houghton
Among the leaders are such stalwarts in the war on terror as:
Cuba (personified by R. Castro) comes in 18th in this popularity contest, just behind Hosini Mubarak of Egypt, who gets $2 billion a year in aid from the US--65% of which appears to be military. (Mubarak is the successor to Sadat.)
In the context of my Tim Curry-reference post, and via Dan Drezner (via Brad DeLong; nothing original from me today), Parade lists the "top ten" dictators in the world.
Among the leaders are such stalwarts in the war on terror as:
- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (only #4, despite providing the funding and 15 of the 19 hijackers for 11 Sep 2001),
- Hu Jintao of China (#5, despite having Most Favored Nation trading status),
- Pervez Musharaf (#8),
- Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan (#9, another, post 11 Sep 2001 ally),
- Muammar al-Qaddafi of Libya (#11, oil for Arms), and
- surrogate torturer Bashar al-Assad of Syria (#12).
Cuba (personified by R. Castro) comes in 18th in this popularity contest, just behind Hosini Mubarak of Egypt, who gets $2 billion a year in aid from the US--65% of which appears to be military. (Mubarak is the successor to Sadat.)
