Wednesday, August 18, 2004
what do Bush and the Taliban have in common?
In this op/ed piece, Georgie Anne Geyer discusses how many US political leaders and military figures including Reagan, Lincoln, FDR and MacArthur used cultural sensitivity to achieve positive goals such as ending the Cold War. She points out some groups not known for their sensitivity including the Nazis, the Taliban and the Khmer Rouge, among others.
Does Cheney's attack on Kerry's "sensitivity" indicate that this administration would prefer to be likened to the Taliban, rather than Repub hero Reagan? The fact that we are currently desecrating one of holiest sites in the Muslim world certainly seems to support Cheney's lack of sensitivity. Even some of our own soldiers were disturbed by the location of the battle in Najaf.
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In this op/ed piece, Georgie Anne Geyer discusses how many US political leaders and military figures including Reagan, Lincoln, FDR and MacArthur used cultural sensitivity to achieve positive goals such as ending the Cold War. She points out some groups not known for their sensitivity including the Nazis, the Taliban and the Khmer Rouge, among others.
Does Cheney's attack on Kerry's "sensitivity" indicate that this administration would prefer to be likened to the Taliban, rather than Repub hero Reagan? The fact that we are currently desecrating one of holiest sites in the Muslim world certainly seems to support Cheney's lack of sensitivity. Even some of our own soldiers were disturbed by the location of the battle in Najaf.
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