Jordanians say Karen Hughes was 'Rude,' 'Insensitive,' 'Tactless'

[donsu]

http://www.watchingamerica.com/thestar000001.shtml

U.S. Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes has concluded her diplomatic voyage to repair America’s image in the region. Aside from considerations of success or failure, what is more important about this visit is its ethical dimension.

First, the entire campaign was intended to alter the way Muslims perceive the United States and its policies. An objective based on the assumption that: “It is a problem inherent to Muslims that they fail to understand the heavenly foreign policies and holy wars of the United States to bring justice and peace to the Muslim World.”

As the United States claims that it is bringing justice and democracy and a whole package of lofty American values to Muslims, it also tries to teach them how to perceive the world and live their lives. Therefore, not only are Muslims ignorant about so-called justice and democracy, but they also lack the common sense to “correctly” understand the world around them, including U.S. foreign policy. In a nutshell, the U.S. is trying to tell the world how to live, how to think and how to behave! It may sound humiliating for Muslim countries to be treated this way, but who can resist in the face of such an imprudent U.S. Administration?

On her goodwill tour, Mrs. Hughes disrespectfully and implicitly conveyed the message to elite Saudi women that they are not happy; and that they need to act to positively shape the image of Saudi society in the United States. In other words, the world must to change in order to match the aspirations of the United States to become acceptable and right. The American Administration considers everything that doesn’t conform with U.S. culture or perspective to be wrong and in need of change! What a democracy!
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there is two cartoons on the page, plus video of Sryian TV political satire.

Karen should go back to spending time with her family.

[SpiralHawk]

1. She is cast in the BushCo Skull & Boner mold

rude, insensitive, tactless, arrogant -- and fundamentally dishonest.

Stop the Toruture now. I don't give a shit about the White House "image." I want some reality -- honest and in compliance with the Geneva Conventions.

[tanyev]

2. Heck, they should see her when she's trying to be rude,

insensitive and tactless.

[electropop]

4. The first time I saw her, back in 2000, she was the most rude,

insensitive, and tactless induhvidual I'd ever seen. She made me instantly angry. When I heard she'd been appointed as an "ambassador of goodwill" my head exploded. This is backwards-land, just like "Clear Skies Initiative," "Healthy Forests Initiative," etc.

[schmuls]

3. I guess she missed that ethics class

[acmejack]

5. That's our Karen allright!

[Hardrada]

6. All the Bushco people seem like the nutty relatives

families used to hide in the attic!

[punpirate]

7. Let's not forget that...

... all the professional women around Bush are either mother hens or think he's absolutely brilliant. Rice, Karen Huge (as Bob Boudelang calls her), Miers, all just adore the little prince. There's something very Stepford-ish about this as they go about the world carrying out Bush's wishes. Ultimately, their personalities may make Bush's ideas even less palatable, but the ideas are Bush's alone. That's a very creepy thought, given what we know about Bush's psychology--that the world has to conform to what's in Junior's head or else. Very creepy, indeed.

[midnight armadillo]

27. That whole brilliance thing...

Narcissists always surround themselves with people who worship them - it feeds their need for adulation. It can be very, very hard to break free from such a relationship. I speak from unfortunate personal experience.

It's no surprise that Bush found a few to hang onto for a long time (having associated with Rice, Hughes, and Miers for years) - this relationship also elevated them to powerful positions.

[leveymg]

8. But, her boss gets along with the Saudi men so well!

[Sequoia]

9. Heavenly foreign policies and holy wars bring justice!!!???

[Vickers]

10. What a shocker!

:sarcasm:

[Arkana]

11. Hee hee hee...

So, I guess Madam Diplomat made an ass of herself after all.

[xchrom]

12. gasp! quelle surprise!

[madrchsod]

13. i recommend watching the video---

it`s to bad we never see the truth about other people in the world. if we did we could see they are no different than them.
no wonder bush and his minions are hated in every country they visit.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

14. So you might say she's treating Jordanians as she does American Democrats?

Once they're out of power, we need to form a "I survived the neocon idiocy," Club with buttons and bumpstickers.

;)

[Imagevision]

15. Hughes, the one who told Bush he was losing according to the exit polls

also the author of Bush's statement; "US. troops are dying for a "noble cause"...!

[catmother]

16. and jordan is supposedly a country that likes us -- how would

the ones that don't like us feel?

[Cha]

17. I like these Arab cartoons..

dead on hughes.."Queen of the Spin Cycle" and Yeah, "America needs to change not its Image"!!

That picture of karen/attilla the hun is the perfect example of.. not one of bush's appointees are suited to the job.

[Kahuna]

18. That describes the Karen we all love to hate.

She's an abomination.

[tsuki]

19. Rude? Insensitive? Tactless?

In other words, a perfect Conservative Republican.

[PassingFair]

22. They go through rigorous training...

to achieve such rudeness and insensitivity.

[OKthatsIT]

20. her posture was racist from the onset.

[leftofthedial]

21. she was the perfect representative of her boss.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

23. I believe they also called he a handsome woman. n/t

[ninkasi]

24. She's about as subtle

as a middle line-backer. She went charging into countries, and proceeded to lecture them about what they were doing wrong. How is that a "listening" tour? Of all the women to send, she was the absolute worst choice. Wait...the only worse example I can think of is that braying freeperish woman at the Republican Convention, with the insulting purple heart on a band-aid. They are both good examples of conservative women.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

26. LOL Although the Purple Heart Hag seemed more charming for some reason.n/t

[Javaman]

29. Wonder what ever happened to the purple heart hag...

wonder if she still loves junior* now as much as she did then...

[oregonindy]

25. Besides writing bad porn novels I think you need those 3 things to be

able to join the neo-con club

[Village Idiot]

28. Why the indignant surprise? She IS a Bush appointee...