Foreign Fomenters

In recent times, unrest in various countries has been blamed, by the countries' leaders, on "external sources," foreigners, radicals, even terrorists who have entered their land to foment dissent.

This is the story being told by Syria's Basher al-Assad, as it was by Muammar Gaddafi (remember him?) and now, Canada has joined the club, as Natural Resources minister Joe Oliver claims that opposition to the proposed Enbridge pipeline has been orchestrated by (shudder!) non-Canadians.

Two points: 1. Joe (and al-Assad, et al.) have no problem accepting funds from outside their countries, but that's it.  Send the money and stay out of our stuff. 2. Joe (et al.) are unwilling to admit there may be genuine opposition from citizens of their own lands. This is known as denial.

Although, who knows? They may be right. there may be a sinister international syndicate--Foreign Fomenters, Inc.--ready to come in and mess up any country. 

Check out their website.