The State Department needs a cultural revolution

Submitted by Alec Paterson (United Kingdom), Feb 28, 2009 at 17:20

Being Secretary of State, she is now part of its culture, which is overwhelmingly liberal. This ideological colouration is prevalent among the High Minded in academia, who are well represented at the State Department ( as they are in the UK Foreign Office). Regarding Israel, the State Department equates Palestinian terror attacks and Israeli defensive responses (Moral equivalency).

A nIsrael armed with nuclear weapons is not the same as an Iran with nuclear weapons. Straight talking is subordinated to accomodate foreign sensitivities. This appears to be the Obama administrations path, one of weakness, legitimising outlaw regimes, thus giving them political acceptability,enhancing their propaganda and disinformation.

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