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2005-01-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by tipper 2005-01-04 9:18:37 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 well said. We have to do better on the PR front - both abroad and here at home.

Posted by 2b 2005-01-04 9:54:28 AM|| 2005-01-04 9:54:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Most of these guys (the Acehnese) have never seen an American up close and personal, and certainly never in a situation where help was being rendered. Many get their information about Amerika Syarikat (literally, the American Union) from the local anti-American press. I think the personal person-to-person contact will do wonders for Acehnese attitudes towards Uncle Sam. The aid effort may even improve Uncle Sam's relations with Malaysia, whose ethnic Malay ruling majority have their ancestral roots in Aceh.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-01-04 10:55:43 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-01-04 10:55:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 #2 Most of these guys (the Acehnese) have never seen an American up close and personal, and certainly never in a situation where help was being rendered.

This is not necessarily true. An American company built (at the time the world's largest)a LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) plant in Aceh at Lhaksouwame. It employed upward to 10,000 locals in both skilled and non-skilled positions. It trained thousands in all construction skills as well as management and administration. Other American companies have operations there and have intense and continuing local contact as both employer, good citizen and missionary of American values. Sure there is insurrection by the Islamists but it is basically rejected by the great majority of the population - I should know, I lived and worked there for 2 years.

Posted by Jack is Back! 2005-01-04 11:36:58 AM|| 2005-01-04 11:36:58 AM|| Front Page Top

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