{"id":247794,"date":"2016-06-04T13:59:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T13:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/obama-hands-corrupt-ukraine-another-billion-us-dollars\/"},"modified":"2016-06-04T15:37:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T15:37:45","slug":"obama-hands-corrupt-ukraine-another-billion-us-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/latest-news\/obama-hands-corrupt-ukraine-another-billion-us-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Hands Corrupt Ukraine Another Billion US Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Obama Hands Corrupt Ukraine Another Billion US Dollars<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tDaniel McAdams,
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One of the downsides of the US \u201cregime change\u201d business is that when you break it, you often have to buy it. It\u2019s all fun and games when you wander through the streets of Kiev with a bag of cookies<\/a> encouraging the people to overthrow their government, or when you appear on stage<\/a> before a riotous mob and alongside avowed national-socialists<\/a> violently overthrowing a democratically-elected government.<\/p>\n

What gets messy is when you get your way, the old government is overthrown, your \u201cguys\u201d seize power, and it turns out corruption<\/a> and economic<\/a> mismanagement are worse than before the US-backed \u201cliberation.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what do you do when interventions go badly? If you are the US government spending other people\u2019s money, you simply escalate. In Libya and Iraq, that means going back in with US boots on the ground.<\/p>\n

With Ukraine, it\u2019s simply a matter of tossing another billion dollars into the burning wreck of a runaway train. So today the US announced that the US taxpayer would guarantee its third $1 billion dollar loan<\/a> to the Ukrainian government.<\/p>\n

US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, who played a key role in engineering the Maidan revolt in Ukraine, had this<\/a> to say about spending more of other people\u2019s money on the Ukrainian train wreck: <\/p>\n

The guarantee sends a strong signal of the United States\u2019 continued support for Ukraine as it pursues reforms that fulfill the Ukrainian people\u2019s aspirations for a prosperous and democratic future.<\/i><\/p>\n

What that means is anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n

For his part, US-backed president Petro Poroshenko boasted back home that he was able to secure this extra billion dollars while meeting with President Obama in April. He said: <\/p>\n

This bears testament to the fact that the United States and Ukraine are reliable strategic partners.<\/i><\/p>\n

Careful there, Poroshenko. The US doesn\u2019t have the best record<\/a> when it comes to \u201cstrategic partners.\u201d Ask Saddam, Gaddafi, Noriega, and so on\u2026 <\/p>\n

Daniel McAdams is director of the The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity<\/a>. Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.<\/i><\/p>\n

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