Paul Wolfowitz: Obama and the Freedom Agenda

The Wall Street Journal ^ | June 3, 2009 | Paul Wolfowitz

[Puzzleman]

President Barack Obama faces great challenges when he speaks to the Muslim world tomorrow from Cairo. He must counter some of the myths and outright falsehoods about the United States that are commonly believed in many parts of the Muslim world, and he needs to present his audience with some inconvenient truths. But he also has an opportunity, based in no small part on his own remarkable career, to make the case that the political principles and values that are sometimes mistakenly labeled as "Western" are appropriate for the Muslim world...

[Puzzleman]

Good advice.

[lentulusgracchus]

[Article] He must counter some of the myths and outright falsehoods about the United States that are commonly believed in many parts of the Muslim world.....

At some point one would have to believe that Moslems realize that allowing lies to circulate as currency hurts them and theirs as much as or more than it helps.

What price reality impairment?

[ChicagahAl]

Wolfowitz is:

1. Wrong. Israel is not the problem. The Palestinians are the problem.

2. Naive. Telling the Muslim world that Islam is the cause of their poverty and despair is not going to fly. And Obama isn't going to say it. Even though it is true.

[SECURE AMERICA]

What Onama will do, is what he always does. Trash America and suck upto the islamofacists.

[Jaxter]

"He must counter some of the myths and outright falsehoods about the United States that are commonly believed in many parts of the Muslim world.."

Nah. It's much less wear and tear on the old teleprompter to just apologize for them.

[nhwingut]