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RE[4]: Piracy stories are like kryptonite
by Soulbender on Fri 4th May 2012 07:14
in reply to "RE[3]: Piracy stories are like kryptonite"
Financial Aid is given to the government of these countries. While there are often strings attached to direct the use of the funds, governments can get quite "creative" with how they report these things. It is often misspent - there is little the US can actually do about it unfortunately...
I really do think the supposedly most powerful nation on earth has what it takes to put the required pressure on these governments. If you wanted to, that is.
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I didn't say it was charity... Its financial aid. Much of it is explicitly asked for the the recipient country, some of it is even loans and/or debt forgiveness. I excluded military aid because for the most part I feel military aid benefits our strategic interests more than the recipients - if I had included that the numbers would have been far higher for a few of these countries (Pakistan, Egypt, etc.)
My only point was that the US does offer financial aid to these countries regardless of policy disagreements when it comes to intellectual property.
Also, I realize this is a touchy subject... Financial Aid is given to the government of these countries. While there are often strings attached to direct the use of the funds, governments can get quite "creative" with how they report these things. It is often misspent - there is little the US can actually do about it unfortunately...
Edited 2012-05-02 22:08 UTC