The politicization of foreign aid reflects the same hubris. Even as the US rhetorically champions democracy in the Middle East, its first response to Hamas’s victory was to demand that the newly elected government return $50 million in US aid.
对外援助的政治化同样反映了这种傲慢自大。即便美国一再声称支持中东民主，它对哈马斯获胜的第一反应就是要求新当选的政府归还5000万美元的美国援助。