Posted on 09/28/2006 9:23:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
On the Net:
State Department's public diplomacy operation and Hughes bio:
http://www.state.gov/r/
"All you have to do is sit in a hotel room in the Middle East and watch the media and you see there is a lot, there is a big drumbeat out there going against our interests," Hughes said."
I believe the same could be said about our dominate media!
I want America to be feared, not liked.
And I wouldn've have it any other way.
Better to respect/fear us than to like us.
It could take centuries to change anti-muslim feelings among Americans toward muslims.............
Heck, it will probably decades to alter the Anti-American feelings just within the Democrat Party of America.
A little more Karen and a lot less Anne, would have made this article more appealing.
It might help if the world press wasn't so intent on destroying President Bush ya think?
There was a lot of anti-American feeling in all the terrorist attacks.
The rest of the world don't like us being successful and with us both fighting a war, doing well in the economy and noticing their internal Muslim cult members are stirring up as well, they have to hate us. God forbid they grow up and deal with reality.
My recollection is that the world has always been anti american.
The term "ugly american" has been in use since wwII or as the new crowd might say "like forever".
Yankee go home has been around forever too.
There is a good song by Saving Jane called "girl next door"
The world thinks the US is the prom queen and they are the girl next door.
You can hear the whole song at savingjane.com
Or in the State Dept, the Enemedia, American Universities.....
I suggest using the term Islamofascists.
Decades my @$$. Cut off ALL trade and ALL foreign aid and the scumbags will "like" the U.S. again just as they did before 09-11-01. Personally, I don't care whether the scumbags like me or not. I doesn't mean anything. The "media" and the 'RATS say that there wasn't any terrorism until we "invaded" Iraq. I guess that means they "liked" us when they flew our airliners into the WTC and the Pentagon.
Though compare America, say, with the the Netherlands where pot and prostitution reign. That said however, a little national introspection within our own culture should not necessarily be discouraged.
Karen is stupid.
Changing anti-American feelings around the world can be quick and easy.
Here's the plan:
Elect a Democrat president who keeps a mistress, refuses to assert American influence and travels the world giving away money and apologizing for everything America has ever done.
It's a very simple formula that worked quite well during the last eight years of the 20th century,
Sorry Karen, I agree with you but Hollywood isn't going to stop making anti American movies and television shows any time soon.
(sarcasm) They have free speech.
The state department from the cabinet agencies on down needs to be laid off/fired/prosecuted/flogged until it starts serving US interests and obeying the elected official that has constitutional authority over it. It's another indictment of this administration. Tactically, Dubya's smarter than the last Bush that was in office, but otherwise he's just as mediocre.
It's not really a surprise that the majority of the people in those muslim countries don't care for America with the way we are portrayed not only in their press but in our own.
Most of their leaders realize it's to their advantage to have good relations with us but that doesen't extend to the masses.
Karen Hughes doesn't have a clue.
Most countries hated us before there were anti-American feelings.
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