McCain has served as board chairman since 1993. During the past fifteen years, under the cover of spreading democracy and a free market economic system, the IRI has helped install governments friendly to the United States and undermined others. Full Story »
Posted by Jeff Clark
This article details the actions of a neocon front organization (IRI) with which McCain has close ties.
Good expose of a less known side of McCain. Shows how he has abused his chairmanship of government-funded IRI, an organization that has backed covert operations to destabilize democratically elected regimes that adopt policies unfavorable to powerful multinationals. Naturally, McSame has been using his IRI staff and connections to raise fundsÂ…
This story is a real eye-opener, as most of us have probably never heard of the International Republican Institute (IRI).
EXCELLENT! The Progressive is one of the best news and opinion sources today, and this article nails it. It shows just how deeply McSame is into the neocon worldview, and how much he consorts with the proto-fascist elements of the corporatist demimonde. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
This article informed me of information of which I had previously no knowledge. I provided me and the world more reasons to fear a McCain presidency. While the article doesn't tie McCain that closely to the day to day workings of the IRI, it does solidify his neoconservative credential and cluelessness about social equity and true freedom of choice in other countries.
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