Posted on 07/23/2006 10:22:28 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Hezbollah terrorists fire a missile from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre.
http://www.state.gov/r/
U.S. engagement in the world and the Department of State's engagement of the American public are indispensable to the conduct of foreign policy. The Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Karen Hughes, is laying the foundation for public diplomacy for the long term by implementing a comprehensive strategy based on three strategic objectives:
Offer people throughout the world a positive vision of hope and opportunity that is rooted in America's belief in freedom, justice, opportunity and respect for all
Isolate and marginalize the violent extremists; confront their ideology of tyranny and hate. Undermine their efforts to portray the west as in conflict with Islam by empowering mainstream voices and demonstrating respect for Muslim cultures and contributions
Foster a sense of common interests and common values between Americans and people of different countries, cultures and faiths throughout the world
From the following recent speech looks like Huges role is to promote Globalism.
http://www.state.gov/r/us/68460.htm
President Bush announced the Middle East Free Trade Initiative in May 2003 as part of a comprehensive effort to increase our engagement with the Arab world. Since MEFTA was launched the U.S. has been working on a country-by-country basis with those who are interested in economic openness and the prosperity it promises to bring.
Our free trade agreement with Jordan is a good example of a success story. Jordan's exports to the United States soared from $16 million in 1998 to 1.1 billion in 2004. In Egypt, trade from qualified industrial zone programs has nearly doubled from 60 million to 115 million last year. That trade adds up to a profitable relationship in many ways. By opening the door to trade we bring greater contacts between our people and it helps us step beyond misunderstanding and move toward a 2020 that is characterized by partnership and integration.
President Bush knows that global commerce is a crucial part of public diplomacy and building greater understanding. It's significant that he has nominated one of the top financial executives in the world, Hank Paulson, the CEO of Goldman Sachs as the new United States Secretary of the Treasury. Both he and President Bush know that trade brings jobs and makes for a more prosperous and more peaceful world.
Hmmmm...
LOL...isn't it funny how we freepers always apologize for posting something seen or said on CNN??
I do the same thing..
< Heck I would settle for the AMIGO language commercial.
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What about that Lesker guy in the question mark suit?
I caught up to the end!!!!
Prager weighed in last week: The Middle East conflict is hard to solve but easy to explain
ROFLLL!!
I LOVE YOU!
I scrapped that whole thing- it was such an emotional rant!
I have to run and do the radio thing- but I will have to look at what you did to it... you may have been able to make sense out of it and salvage it- because I laughed at myself when I read it the next day! LOL!
Heard Bibi Netanyahu a little earlier and it still sounds like he is in lockstep with the Olmert govt. which suggests to me, at least at this point, that the IDF is going to make things happen, maybe a little slower than we'd like to see, but still going to make it happen. When Bibi starts to sound a little frustrated with the pace of any Israeli military operations will signal the beginning of the end of Israels efforts to stop Hizbullah
Bravo!
I thought Joe Biden said that North Korea does NOT have nukes...am I wrong?
MSLSD is as reliable as AP. The other day they had a banner that the 23 ton message to Nastyallah was ONE bomb.
Yeah they are the types of commericals you see at 3 in the morning. I remember a commerical when I was younger that adevertized for a speed reading course, Watch as Little Johnny Shoestring reads the first 10 book of the Bible in 3 minutes.
I'm curious about that statement. Isn't Netanyahu the hardliner? And Olmert ... where is he?
I tried to leave him a comment - aksing his thoughts...
but it won't let me...
dang- I don't even know him and he has already banned me!
Dow Corning?
I don't agree with your position that our supplying aid "implies agreement that Israel is targetting civilians", and that we are not giving aid to Israel.
Israel still has accessible roads, a functioning airport and open ports where they get supplies (including military supplies from us). Lebanon does not have supply routes (and that's a good thing) but they still need aid for their people.
We're trying to support a democratic Lebanon. We are providing the carrot while Israel is providing the stick.
okay- I emailed him....LOL! He hasn't blocked my email yet.....
I gotta run!
Pray for Israel!
That Israeli soldier's body was NOT one of the kidnapped soldiers.
"We are providing the carrot while Israel is providing the stick."
Animals are adept at running off with the carrot and avoiding the stick.
I guess that's why I'm not a diplomat.
I'm wondering why we have rendered Israel stickless for so long, though ...
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