America’s “Fingerprints”

“Now, in part to remove American fingerprints in a region where anti-American sentiments run high, about $85 million is to be taken out of this initiative and used for the new Foundation for the Future, for support of democratic groups, and the Fund for the Future, for entrepreneurial efforts. Both are part of the Bush administration’s so-called Broader Middle East and North Africa initiative.”

- Steven R. Weismann, NYT’s, 11/13/05. My italics. It appears that the money will be redistributed to create a broader American “fingerprint,” with the predictable consequence of a corresponding increase in anti-American sentiment.