"The U.S. employed all its traditional tactics leading up to the coup in 2014. The U.S. National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has partially taken over the CIA's role in grooming opposition candidates, parties and political movements, with an annual budget of $100 million to spend in countries around the world. The NED made no secret of targeting Ukraine as a top priority, funding 65 projects there, more than in any other country. The NED's neoconservative president, Carl Gershman, called Ukraine "the biggest prize" in a Washington Post op-ed in September 2013, as the U.S. operation there prepared to move into its next phase."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Nicolas J. S. Davies America's Coup Machine: Destroying Democracy Since 1953, AlterNet, (April 08, 2014)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/National_Endowment_for_Democracy
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
National Endowment for Democracy
6 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by National Endowment for Democracy →
Related Quotes
"Democracy involves the right of the people freely to determine their own destiny. The exercise of this right requires…"
"It was Reagan who began the realignment of American politics, making the Republicans into internationalist Jeffersoni…"
"National Endowment for Democracy President Carl Gershman took to the op-ed page of The Washington Post in late Septem…"
"Trump’s budget for the coming fiscal year proposes to gut the National Endowment for Democracy by cutting two-thirds …"
"The empire for its part was working away in secret. For several years the CIA and its “legal” arm, the International …"
"Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Cana…"
"It is my Great Honor to announce that THE BOARD OF PEACE has been formed. The Members of the Board will be announced …"
"Once this board is completely formed, we can do pretty much whatever we want to do. And we'll do it in conjunction wi…"
"We (United Kingdom) won't be one of the signatories today because this is a legal treaty that raises much broader iss…"
"We want you! The 2025 Presidential Transition Project is the conservative movement’s unified effort to be ready for t…"