Discussion about this post

User's avatar
WayUpstate's avatar

I've read thousands of your words on this topic and with each new entry I'm reminded that while I take pleasure in shaming House and Senate members for their lack of knowledge on foreign affairs and the need for robust public diplomacy, it's really about the lack of leadership at State and the White House. The executive branch when controlled by either party has failed to be a proponent for communications that present and explain our values and actions to the world. Our actions don't "speak for themselves" when others are doing all the interpretation. When the media environment is being so hotly contested, you might think we would care to spend a pittance in that contest. Yes, i was helping to channel $100s of millions (and yes, billions when totaled up) to DoD communications efforts because we all believed it was better than doing nothing but were we undermining BBG at the same time? I hazard to guess.

Expand full comment
1 more comment...

No posts