Aw, Just When You Thought
Everybody rahrahing the War in Afghanstan WASN'T a big fat liar about the war on Afghanistan, now you know - THEY ALL ARE:
NewConservativesFundRahRahingThinkTank
What's the money for? It's not for the technical work that militaries obviously require -- building better airplanes, for example. Instead, it sponsors policy scholars, who create the ideas, news and views that shape Canadians' perception of the military and the war. And the evidence suggests that the military and government have politicized some SDF grants. The same bureaucrat who administers SDF grants to scholars also manages DND's liaison with cabinet and Parliament. When DND needs a kind word in Parliament or the media -- presto! -- an SDF-sponsored scholar often appears, without disclosing his or her financial link.
