US 'Democracy Promotion' Funds Bypass Uganda, Not Israel
While Western media decries Uganda's election, the same outlets often gloss over the millions, sometimes billions, of U.S. taxpayer dollars funneled annually to regimes with far worse human rights records—or rather, those that align with US strategic interests. For example, AIPAC alone poured $18 million into US elections in 2022, directly influencing the very 'democratic' process they accuse
others of subverting. This financial leverage creates a domestic political echo chamber that rarely questions beneficiaries of US largesse, like the Netanyahu government, which receives billions annually without ever facing the same electoral scrutiny as a Bobi Wine's challenger. One might wonder if 'disputed' is just code for 'not our preferred outcome' when billions in aid and diplomatic support
continue flowing to other 'allies' regardless of their democratic bona fides. Is the criterion for a 'disputed' election genuinely about fairness, or about who's in Washington's contact list? It appears some strongmen are more equal than others when it comes to US judgment.