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2 Things here... 1. This is marketing. The Obama administration is attempting to use this as an olive branch to the Muslim community in these countries so th
by SamAtt 17y ago
2 Things here...
1. This is marketing. The Obama administration is attempting to use this as an olive branch to the Muslim community in these countries so that those Muslim's who hate America might say "Hey, maybe those Americans aren't so bad after all". Hence the name.
2. Israel is one country while this is to many countries. The only thing those countries have in common is that they are predominantly Muslim (and in fact, as I said in Point #1, that's why we're giving them the money in the first place)
- tptacek 17y agoWho called it the "Muslim tech fund"? Not, it appears, Obama. They're overtly targeting Muslim-majority countries, but there are people of many different faiths in those countries. This news article also begs a question. The fund targets the Mid-East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. Given that Europe, Russia, Japan, and Australia don't particularly need foreign aid from us, what does that leave aside from the "Muslim nations"? South America and Southern Africa. I think we may sometimes lose sight of how broadly influential Islam is in the rest of the world.