Brewtown Politico

Carrying a little stick and speaking loudly in Milwaukee

11.30.2004

The Christian Science Monitor has published an article on a report by the Pentagon's Defense Science Board which is highly critical of the Bush Administration's efforts in the war on terrorism, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Department of Defense released the report after last Wednesday's New York Times had an article about it.

Excerpt:

'Muslims do not hate our freedom, but rather they hate our policies [the report says]. The overwhelming majority voice their objections to what they see as one-sided support in favor of Israel and against Palestinian rights, and the long-standing, even increasing, support for what Muslims collectively see as tyrannies, most notably Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan and the Gulf states. Thus, when American public diplomacy talks about bringing democracy to Islamic societies, this is seen as no more than self-serving hypocrisy.'

Can someone tell this to the president? I'm sure it can be spoonfed to him just how he likes it in the form of a one page memo.

You can view the report in Adobe PDF format here.

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