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"maff" |
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23 Oct 2005 06:43:15 AM |
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God, Iraq and the power of the President's PR |
God, Iraq and the power of the President's PR
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1598485,00.html
Mark Borkowski on the worrying rise and rise of Karen Hughes, George W
Bush's 'ambassador for public diplomacy' and the woman behind the
throne
Sunday October 23, 2005
The Observer
Profound unpopularity, as tyrants, bullies and senior spin doctors know
to their advantage, can be a powerful weapon in warfare. In any army
the hardest things to instill in a new recruit are not how to drive a
tank, fire a gun or march in step, but how to summon the mental
strength to kill. Engendering hatred through indoctrination is a
necessary part of getting wars up and running: hatred gives everyone
involved something black and white to focus on.
Karen Hughes
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/7227a919aefd7096
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: God, Iraq and the power of the President's PR |
24 Oct 2005 12:13:05 AM |
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In article <1130067795.951254.51400@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote:
God, Iraq and the power of the President's PR
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1598485,00.html
Mark Borkowski on the worrying rise and rise of Karen Hughes, George W
Bush's 'ambassador for public diplomacy' and the woman behind the
throne
Sunday October 23, 2005
The Observer
Profound unpopularity, as tyrants, bullies and senior spin doctors know
to their advantage, can be a powerful weapon in warfare. In any army
the hardest things to instill in a new recruit are not how to drive a
tank, fire a gun or march in step, but how to summon the mental
strength to kill. Engendering hatred through indoctrination is a
necessary part of getting wars up and running: hatred gives everyone
involved something black and white to focus on.
From the article:
"She is, after all, his voice. She wrote his autobiography, vets
everything he says and does in public, and 'enjoys the closest possible
relationship with the Bush family'. She's been described by the Dallas
Morning News as 'the most powerful woman ever to serve in the White
House', which is the sort of comment her enemies have been quick to
seize on to highlight her failings as a strategist (a Presbyterian
elder, she once insisted on giving a sermon on Airforce One in place of
the scheduled briefing)."
And Bush wants her to be our 'good will' (or maybe that should be 'God's
will') ambassador to the Islamic world? Not a smart mlve.
Karen Hughes
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/7227a919aefd7096
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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