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| Kerry's 'New Paradigm' to Deal With Terrorism Includes Job-Creation for Palestinians |
| 2013-04-23 |
| "[W]e're not going to solve this challenge of terror and of extremism and of people finding an alternative if we're not reaching out to people, talking to them, bringing them to the table and trying to work through major, perceived differences," Secretary of State John Kerry told a gathering in Brussels on Monday. "I believe we have to create a new paradigm, frankly, to deal with this." Watch your wallet. Kerry said the new paradigm includes public-private partnerships, and he pointed to new initiative that's just getting under way with Palestinians in the West Bank, where U.S. businesses are being urged to invest in places for the sake of peace, not profit. He mentioned Coca-Cola specifically. Public-private partnerships have worked so well for B.O., after all. And Coke has more of an obligation toward Paleostinians than it does to its stockholders. "And that initiative is fundamentally to bring major corporations to the table who are looking for places to invest where they can make a difference, where it may not be that today the bottom line on a spreadsheet tells them this is the best investment in the world, but where they can also be persuaded that they're investing in the future and in peace, in changing the lives of people, and in opening up doors of opportunity." Kerry said the private sector can provide a job base "that will change the lives of people more rapidly, and hopefully encourage people to buy into the possibilities of this economic transformation. So it's really economic diplomacy, if you will." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #10 Why don't you start with Heinz catsup, Jawn? I'm pretty sure catsup is halal, and Te-ray-za would be happy to help, no doubt, being the good little Remember, it's for the children!™ |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-04-23 15:25 |
| #9 What an idiot. Throw other people's money at the problem. He and his boss O are willing to throw millions, nay, billions at a foreign bunch of dysfunctionals, but furlough FAA air traffic controllers at centers around major US airports, causing delays. Bumbling idiots. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-04-23 15:03 |
| #8 where U.S. businesses are being urged to invest in places for the sake of peace, not profit Like Budweiser (with the Jackson family) in Chicago? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-04-23 15:02 |
| #7 What's new about that? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-04-23 13:31 |
| #6 You could always dock your yacht in Siderot, Jawn-Jawn. |
| Posted by: Muggsy Mussolini1226 2013-04-23 12:34 |
| #5 Let's see... they'll have tunnel diggers, bomb mixers, mortar crews, acting jobs to play the part of dead bodies and casualties... Maybe they'll even have a traitor who stands up and says "REPORTING FOR DOOTY!" |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-04-23 12:23 |
| #4 I can see Zam Zam employees bombing the Coke employees' cars |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-04-23 12:16 |
| #3 I'm sure there are a lot of Israeli Disco's who are more then willing to hire a bunch of Paleo's... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-04-23 11:36 |
| #2 You can lead a Paleo to a job but you can't make him work. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-04-23 11:22 |
| #1 Someone has failed to explain to the SoS that bomb and rocket making are key job titles in the community, right up there with thuggery and extortion Chicago style. The return on investment is much higher than say growing real cheap food for export to Egypt. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-04-23 10:54 |