British PM: Use Foreign Aid for Military
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February, 2013
Cynical
effort to score political points or just the ultimate expression of
interventionist fervor? Either way, British Prime Minister David
Cameron, having just gotten done pushing for a hike to his nation’s
foreign aid budget, is now looking
to loot that budget to
spend on military adventures.
The
effort seems primarily aimed at placating members of Cameron’s own
Conservative Party, who are disquieted by the prospect
of cuts to
military spending in the ongoing budget crunch.
Cameron
unveiled the plan in comments to reports during his visit to India,
saying that the Department for International Development, which
receives the billions of pounds in annual funding, is “working
closely” with the defense ministry on was to make such a move
happen.
The
prime minister argued that foreign interventions to prove a “basic
level of stability and security” was part and parcel to the whole
concept of “foreign aid,” following that up with the claim that
using the foreign aid budget for “peacekeeping” missions was
justified.
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