The Newt World Order
July 17, 2006 at 9:57 am
For North Korea, we are currently broadcasting I think it’s 90 minutes a week into North Korea. We’re currently broadcasting a trivial amount into Iran. You had riots in Iran—at Tehran University for weeks. You’ve had trade union movements that are upset, 49 percent of the country is non-Persian. And the amount of effort we’ve made to help those who would like to be free and would like to replace the current dictatorship is trivial.
Indeed. U.S. foreign policy needs aggressive public diplomacy and public diplomacy needs aggressive U.S. international broadcasting.
Charles Lattan said,
July 17, 2006 @ 11:19 am
And dunderheaded journalists need to stop asking Israeli government officials on site at the Haifa missile attack, “Do you have any feelings for the children of Hezbollah who may have been killed during the recent strike?” Substitute “Nazi” for “Hezbollah” and immediately the question is revealed to be incredibly stupid. If the nets were around during WWII, they would have asked such absurd questions of the Allies as American liberators marched toward the Rhine.
Tyler Ricson said,
July 17, 2006 @ 11:59 am
Oh Newt, you’ve done it again….
richarda said,
July 17, 2006 @ 2:35 pm
On the other hand, I was just reading about a (U. S.) Indian Housing scandal that has been an issue out west somewhere since the late ’80s or early ’90s.