{"id":69140,"date":"2007-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2007\/08\/22\/werther-lui-aussi-versus-cordesman\/"},"modified":"2007-08-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-22T00:00:00","slug":"werther-lui-aussi-versus-cordesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2007\/08\/22\/werther-lui-aussi-versus-cordesman\/","title":{"rendered":"Werther (lui aussi) versus<\/em> Cordesman"},"content":{"rendered":"

La corruption de la psychologie (entre autres aspects, bien s\u00fbr) de l’\u00e9lite occidentale, surtout US, par le complexe militaro-industriel et sa philosophie, est une activit\u00e9 du plus grand int\u00e9r\u00eat et qui nous int\u00e9resse \u00e9norm\u00e9ment par cons\u00e9quent. On l’a vu sur ce site r\u00e9cemment, lorsqu’il \u00e9tait question de cette corruption<\/a> en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, autant que de celle<\/a> de l’expert Anthony Cordesman. Dans le premier texte donn\u00e9 en lien<\/a>, il \u00e9tait notamment question de notre ami Werther (nom de plume) et d’un article qu’il a publi\u00e9 le 15 ao\u00fbt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tNous revenons donc avec un r\u00e9el plaisir \u00e0 Werther, \u00e0 propos d’un autre article qu’il publie hier<\/a> sur Antiwar.com<\/em>, avec comme sujet surprise le m\u00eame article du m\u00eame Cordesman auquel nous nous \u00e9tions attach\u00e9s. Bref, les esprits, grands ou pas on verra, se rencontrent<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tComme on peut s’en douter, Werther n’est pas tendre pour Cordesman. C’est tr\u00e8s bien. Il d\u00e9molit l’argumentation de l’autre et termine son article en s’attachant \u00e0 l’aspect qui nous avait nous-m\u00eame arr\u00eat\u00e9s. On y trouve confirmation de l’intervention financi\u00e8re pour soutenir le think thant<\/em> de Cordesman (et les autres), outre les pays mentionn\u00e9s par l’auteur, des t\u00e9nors de l’industrie d’armement US. Bonne et saine lecture, par cons\u00e9quent<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00abAs our previous piece sought to show, think-tank intellectuals exist to validate the militaristic inclinations of our governing class, and they are amply rewarded for the effort. Mr. Cordesman hastens to say, however, that he is no mere hireling: no government, foreign or domestic, asked him to write it. Of course not; think-tank experts know what is expected of them, and they act accordingly. They also, we are sure, do so of their own volition, consonant with their own beliefs. The Beltway is a great shaper of convictions. It reminds us of Humbert Wolfe’s clever doggerel of a bygone era:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbYou cannot hope to bribe or twist \/Thank God! The British journalist \/But seeing what the man will do \/Unbribed, there’s no occasion to.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbMr. Cordesman’s disclaimer, though, is curious: Disclosure: the nonprofit organization I work for receives financing from many sources, including the United States government, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. No one from any of those sources has asked me to write this article. We can take it as a given that that is true. But can employees of a Washington think tank write disinterestedly about foreign policy when their employer is on the take from a foreign government or for that matter, the U.S. government?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbIt is no surprise that the Saudis would be lavishly funding every foreign policy bucket shop in Washington. Curiouser is Mr. Cordesman’s revelation that Israel is buying influence in the same quarters. One would think a country that can’t get by without billions in foreign aid would have better things to do with its money. More cynically, one wonders why it is even necessary: the Washington establishment will typically fall all over itself to do Israel favors for free. At least we have some comfort in knowing our foreign aid money is being recycled in this country.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbPerhaps curiouser still is his statement that the richly endowed CSIS is a recipient of U.S. government money. When the supposedly fiscally conservative Bush administration starts funneling our money to a think tank, it’s plain that the fix is in. Unmentioned in Mr. Cordesman’s disclaimer is the admission that think tanks also receive donations from the likes of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman the direct pecuniary beneficiaries of Middle East arms deals.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbNonprofits typically obtain their 501(c)3 tax status by virtue of performing some charitable or other public benefit. Accordingly, should we rank think tanks with hospitals for the public service they perform? Only if we think war is good for us.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\tMis en ligne le 22 ao\u00fbt 2007 \u00e0 10H28<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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