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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://mepi.state.gov/mobile/mepi/english-mepi/funding-opportunities/apply-for-a-grant.html
Why are we doing this when we need more grant money in the us for poor citizens and companies here?[/quote]

We do this to help stem the tide of radicalization.  The Middle East is made up of disproportionately young people who are disproportionately unemployed.  Stable, employed citizens are less likely to be radicalized.[/quote]

Really?  And what a great job we did in [b]Libya[/b].[/quote]

???

Well, Gaddafi was in power for about 40+ years and the US govt doesn't give grants to countries that are sanctioned.  [/quote]

Are you not familiar with recent political developments?  US bombed and financially supported deposition of Khadafy, and while he was a dictator, the country was stable.  With the US help the country is now "run" by radicals,  Isis groups are running rampant and there are hundreds of militias doing whatever they want. Weapons from Khadafy's arsenal are used by the whole region, by terrorists, including Boko Haram. Way to go USA.[/quote]

Of course, but Gaddafi was a vicious dictator who basically crushed any opposition to him and didn't exactly "build" stable institutions of society and government in Libya.  He ruled for 42 years and he's been dead for 5.

The sh*t storm that is the Middle East was caused by George W. invading Iraq.  That got us into Afghanistan as well and de-stabilized Syria.  Yeah, in comparison, ISIS makes Assad look good.   When dictators like Saddam and Gaddafi fall what do you expect to fill the vacuum other than chaos?

So if you don't want relatively stable Middle Eastern countries go the way of Libya, Iraq, Syria, then grants that help build and support societies are a good thing.[/quote]

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