Stephen Schroeder Founding of an illegal underground organization used to topple and destabilize other Nations…the main driving force behind Obama’s ‘Arab Spring’…the attempt to overthrow secular Arab leaders and replace them with ‘democratically elected’ Islamist dictators who would abolish Constitutional laws and replace them with Sharia law…to transform the Arab World into a United Islamic Superpower, and Islamic Socialist Republic…it had nothing to do with democracy, and everything to do with expanding the boundaries and power of Islamic domain…as it is common knowledge the ultimate goal and current agenda of Islam is to rule the world, to force all Nations to bow to their Islamic law, and serve them and their moon god Allah. History of the NED…this underground agency used to destabilize other Nations…which most often results in assistance to the enemies of our Constitution and especially hostile towards Christianity. A bill was introduced in April 1967 by Congressman Dante Fascell (D,FL) to create an institute of International Affairs. And although the bill did not pass it led to discussions on Capitol Hill to establish an institution in which democracy efforts abroad would benefit the U.S. as well as countries struggling for freedom and self- government. In a 1982 speech at the Palace of Westminster, President Ronald Reagan proposed an initiative, before the British Parliament, To foster the infrastructure of democracy—the system of a free press, unions, political parties, universities. The U.S. government, through USAID (United States Agency for International Development), contracted The American Political Foundation to study democracy promotion, which became known as The Democracy Program. The Program recommended the creation of a bipartisan, private, non-profit corporation to be known as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). NED, though non-governmental, would be funded primarily through annual appropriations from the U.S. government and subject to congressional oversight.[3] The State Department and United States Information Agency (USIA) proposed the Endowment to encourage and facilitate exchanges between democratic institutions through private sectors; promote nongovernmental participation in democratic training programs; strengthening democratic electoral processes abroad in cooperation with indigenous democratic forces; fostering cooperation between American private sector groups and those abroad dedicated to the cultural values, institutions, and organizations of democratic pluralism., and encouraging democratic development consistent with the interests of both the U.S and the other groups receiving assistance. In 1983, the House Foreign Affairs Committee proposed legislation to provide initial funding of $31.3 million for NED as part of the State Department Authorization Act (H.R. 2915); because NED was in its beginning stages of development the appropriation was set at $18 million. Included in the legislation was $13.8 million for the Free Trade Union Institute, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, $2.5 million for an affiliate of the National Chamber Foundation, and $5 million each for two party institutes, which was later eliminated by a vote of 267–136. The conference report on H.R. 2915 was adopted by the House on November 17, 1983 and the Senate the following day. On November 18, 1983, articles of incorporation were filed in the District of Columbia to establish the National Endowment for Democracy as a nonprofit organization. [3] Under the reauthorization of NED several factors were added to the organizations guidelines: the NED Act had to arrange the Boards prohibition on the use of funds for partisan political purposes, including funding for national party operations; mandate that NED consult with the State Department on any overseas programs it funds prior to the commencement of their activities; move the required date of reporting to Congress on all grants from December 31 to February 4, and lastly despite its non-governmental status, comply fully with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act. The Endowment has come a long way from opposition between both political parties in its earlier stages to widespread bipartisan endorsement on the Hill. And even though the American government has implemented its own democracy promoting capabilities through USAID (United States Agency for International Development), NEDs independence plays a key factor in its relevance. The organizations independence gives it an ability to work in situations that official bodies may have to avoid and its non-bureaucratic nature enables it to move quickly in rapidly changing situations. NED has become a universal model and has influenced other nations to create their own institutions for the promotion of democracy. [like the ‘democracy’ established in Egypt by Obama and the NED…where the majority of Islamist could democratically vote in their Islamist dictator who would then attempt to change or abolish Constitutional laws and establish Sharia law] During the 1980s and 1990s, NED invested millions of dollars in Eastern Europe. Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, Slovakia The NED played a significant role in the 2004 presidential election in Ukraine. In an article in the Washington Post, NED director Nadia Diuk acknowledged that there was a controversy surrounding the involvement of the NED: some have sought to portray the events in Ukraine as orchestrated in the West, a model executed with the support of Western pro-democracy foundations. Comparing this to similar recent interventions in Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro and Georgia, she writes, Some commentators believe that the similarity of their actions proves they are part of a U.S.-sponsored plot, an effort to extend American influence throughout the world. Diuk states that critics are overlooking a genuinely home-grown aspect to the election revolts in these Eastern European regimes. She also stated that, ...there was a massive effort by nongovernmental organizations to monitor the vote, whether through parallel vote tabulations, exit polls or reports from domestic observers. These strategies were supported by the reports of Western election observers, and that all these breakthrough elections have been accomplished with the vigorous participation of civic groups that support free and fair elections by monitoring the media, carrying out voter education, publicizing the platforms of candidates in the absence of a free press, training election observers, conducting polls and so on. …’so on’ meaning doing what they did in the Ukraine…which forced Putin to get involved.
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