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Memo to State Dept.: It's the hateful ideology, stupid
http://jewishworldreview.com ^ | Anne Applebaum

Posted on 07/27/2005 8:46:26 PM PDT by manny613

Only two senators were in the room when Karen Hughes testified at her confirmation hearings. When it came time for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to vote on her nomination Tuesday, she was easily approved. And thus with no discussion and no debate, Hughes takes over the least noticed, least respected and possibly most important job in the State Department. Her formal title is undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs. In plain English, her job is to fight anti-Americanism, promote American culture and above all to do intellectual battle with the ideology of radical Islam, a set of beliefs so powerful that they can persuade middle-class, second-generation British Muslims to blow themselves up on buses and trains.

(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anneapplebaum; karenhughes; statedepartment

1 posted on 07/27/2005 8:46:26 PM PDT by manny613
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To: manny613

Hughes will be great at this!


2 posted on 07/27/2005 8:49:45 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (http://www.busateripens.com)
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To: manny613

You Go Girl!!

Kick Ass Karen on the loose!


3 posted on 07/27/2005 8:53:58 PM PDT by 26lemoncharlie ('Cuntas haereses tu sola interemisti in universo mundo!')
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To: manny613
'Real men moisturize'

By Mona Charen June 3, 2005

"Real Men Moisturize." So begins an article on "Sharp Dressed Men" that appeared in a State Department funded magazine aimed at youth in the Arab world. The magazine, called "Hi" is published in Arabic and English. A State Department website explains that Hi is published "with the hope of building bridges of greater understanding among our cultures."

The article continues: "In fact, some of them, like Michael Gustman, a 25-year-old public relations account executive from Boca Raton, Fla., even have separate moisturizers for the face and body. Facial pores can clog with too heavy a salve, it seems. Not long ago, these and other habits would have been considered odd for a male. Gustman exfoliates. He gets manicures. He gets pedicures. He gets facials. He gets his hair done every two weeks. He accessorizes. He puts effort into getting ready for a date. He loves cooking complex dishes. He's a refined, evolved, sensitive guy. In a word, he's a metrosexual."(Click here to continue)

4 posted on 07/27/2005 9:00:05 PM PDT by Conservative Firster
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To: Conservative Firster

yout tax dollars at work. convincing our enemies that American men are metrosexuals. no wonder the 'insurgency' continues.


5 posted on 07/27/2005 9:05:57 PM PDT by bitt ('We will all soon reap what the ignorant are now sowing.' Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: F15Eagle
The Magazine is right here.

http://hiinternational.com/index.cfm

7 posted on 07/27/2005 9:24:37 PM PDT by Conservative Firster
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Yehuda; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.


9 posted on 07/28/2005 5:25:16 AM PDT by SJackson (America...thru dissent and protest lost the ability to mobilize a will to win, Col Bui Tin, PAVN)
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To: Conservative Firster

GAG! I knew the State Department was bad, but I didn't think it had, or would sink to this level! Next thing, they'll be printing "special" personals, if you catch my drift!


10 posted on 07/28/2005 6:51:44 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA (tired of all the shucking and jiving)
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