"For what can be heard around the world, in the wake of the invasion of Iraq, the prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib, and the controversy over the handling of detainees at Bagram and Guantanamo Bay, is that America is less a beacon of hope than a dangerous force to be countered."
So says a report by a nine-member State Department ad hoc advisory committee, based on travels to the Persian Gulf region, Egypt and Britain.
"This assertion, repeated in newspaper columns, on radio and television broadcasts, and via the Internet, diminishes our ability to champion freedom, democracy and individual dignity," says the report released this week by the Advisory Committee on Cultural Diplomacy.
No comments:
Post a Comment