by The Chinese government 'exposed' an American diplomat meeting with the leaders of the Hong Kong demonstrators. Washington hit back saying it was just a routine meeting and called China a thuggish state for revealing the diplomat's identity. The Western media has run with the Washington side of the story downplaying Beijing's version. But the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has been backing the Hong Kong protestors for some time.Strangely, the Western media hardly ever reports on the NED and what it is; which is hardly a pro democracy organisation, more of a front for Western corporate interests.When you see who sits on the board of the NEC, it's pretty chilling stuff. Elliot Abrams, for one. You'd have to be pretty naive indeed not to believe that anything NEC is involved in isn't
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Strangely, the Western media hardly ever reports on the NED and what it is; which is hardly a pro democracy organisation, more of a front for Western corporate interests.
When you see who sits on the board of the NEC, it's pretty chilling stuff. Elliot Abrams, for one. You'd have to be pretty naive indeed not to believe that anything NEC is involved in isn't suspicious stuff.
Neo-Cons and Corporate Fascists for Democracy?
NED.... are little more than fronts for executing American foreign policy. Just as the US military is used under the cover of lies regarding WMD’s and “terrorism,” NED is employed under the cover of bringing “democracy” to “oppressed” people. However, a thorough look at NED’s board of directors, as well as the board of trustees of its subsidiaries definitively lays to rest any doubts that may be lingering over the true nature of these organizations and the causes they support.
More importantly, for the many well-meaning left-leaning liberals intrigued by, and tempted to support “Occupy Central,” revelations that “Occupy Central” is in fact a far-right Neo-Con corporate-fascist scheme to expand a confrontation with China and extort from Beijing geopolitical and economic concessions should at the very least give pause for thought.