Karen Hughes~America's School Yard Bully

Please link to a great article on Karen Hughes' recent trip to the Middle East. It is by Sanford J. Ungar, president of Goucher College, who is a veteran journalist and was director of the Voice of America from 1999 to 2001:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.image09oct09,1,596966.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true


Related Quote:

Abdel-Rahman Rashid, a prominent writer and head of al-Arabiya satellite television, wrote in the London-based newspaper Asharq al-Awsat that, in the Arab world, the United States "resembles a woman of ill repute whom everyone wants to court, but only in secret." He said Hughes "will face an important decision: repair the U.S.'s reputation, which is nearly impossible, or modify the country's policies, also almost unfeasible."