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Originally posted by Homerun04
Then how about fiscal isolationism toward the global community, but free trade and financial support with known countries that support democracy only??
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I think a blanket approach like that is too restrictive. Half the countries receiving aid from us that are democratic or are moving towards democracy could probably do with less aid then they get or none at all. But there are countries that really need assistance regardless of style of government, that would likely perish without it. But there are mistakes that happen too. When the Taliban were running Afghanistan, the US was STILL the largest supplier of aid, would more aid have helped? And offered a different path? Or should they have been cut off entirely? Would we have had this all occur sooner than it did? If some aid from the US can cause a nation not to starve, should we ignore because they are not democratic? Or should we offer aid that if managed properly, a generation later might produce a class of individuals that have been schooled enough to promote their own democrativ movement?
I would like to see aid really thought out more than it is but not to use a blanket approach of if you are democratic, you get money and if you are not, you don't - too restrictive and it certainly will not foster any move towards deomocritisation.