Comments | asdf: i don't know why you think you can lie to people

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i don't know why you think you can lie to people

Dec 16, 2002 10:53

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/16/international/16MILI.htmlRead more... )

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a bolder strategy for getting out the American message yammykins December 16 2002, 08:29:59 UTC

is it just me or does living in this country get more horrifying by the moment?

to me, there is something infinitely more frightening about "undercover operations" than all out gun warfare.

didn't you know? here in america, we can do anything! zillah December 16 2002, 11:10:22 UTC

My favorite part:

"Senior Pentagon officials say Mr. Rumsfeld is deeply frustrated that the United States government has no coherent plan for molding public opinion worldwide in favor of America in its global campaign against terrorism and militancy."

I just can't understand perspectives like that.

threaded. rycode December 17 2002, 12:54:55 UTC

i read a speach by president clinton (given just the other week) where he advocated a policy of making friends with other countries, and letting the other countries (and the citizens of other countries) know that they matter to us (the government and people of the US)

and of course, there is the corollary of making that be the case.

and perhaps we wouldn't have such a problem convincing people that we were right IF WE WERE RIGHT.

i'm sure this relates, somehow.