Reply #12: A Karen Hughes dispatch from abroad

[charlie]

in her own words...

"The Prime Minister himself experience was participated in an American Exchange program. And he feels very strongly that those people to people exchanges. We met with this morning with some Alumni of those people to people exchanges and what I’ve heard here in Egypt is how important that people to people, that person to person eye to eye contact is in getting to better know and understand each other. And by the way two way exchanges, not only having Egyptians come to the United States which we want them to do but also have more Americans visit Egypt."

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"I really say that my job which is public diplomacy is about people. It’s about people and it’s about our policies. Because I recognize that our policies have an impact on people’s lives and I think I’ve learned as I’ve listened to people here that sometimes policy decisions that there are two sides to the coin. And you have one set of views in one place and a different set of views in another. Take for example the Palestinian issue. The goal of our United States policy in Palestine is that the Palestinian people might have the opportunity for a better life. That young people growing up in Palestine who -- that they have an opportunity to be educated and to have a job and too. I remember meeting with someone who told me how many Palestinian young people because they don’t have an opportunity to have a job, don’t feel that they can afford to be married and to have children, to have the experience of having children and families. And that’s what we want for the Palestinian people. That is the goal of our policy."

Now WTF is she saying here? No wonder Dubya sounds like his brainpan is packed with cat litter, listen to how his mentor talks!