Sentences with phrase «corrupt military regimes»

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The new economic policies undermined the rural Sunni poor while expanding the regime - linked private sector through a web of corrupt, government - backed joint ventures that empowered the Alawite military elite and a parasitic business aristocracy.

Echoing Admiral McGinn, General Clark said bluntly that our dependence on foreign oil has distorted our foreign policy and financed corrupt regimes that support terrorism, «and then, we ask our military to organize, train and equip our forces, and deploy to fight, or provide secure access to those petroleum resources.»