{"id":377079,"date":"2010-03-01T17:39:18","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T22:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f95\/meddling-clinton-s-global-war-censorship-40168\/"},"modified":"2010-03-01T17:39:18","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T22:39:18","slug":"meddling-and-clinton%c2%92s-global-war-on-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/377079","title":{"rendered":"?Meddling? and Clinton\u0092s Global War on Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"
On 03.01.10 01:51 PM posted by Aaron Church<\/p>\n

\n<ahref="http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clinton1.jpg">\"\"<\/p>Now, not only are we engaged in a War on Terror, but according to the U.S. State Department, apparently a Global War on Censorship. As President Barack Obama extends the hand of reconciliation to distasteful regimes, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is simultaneously declaring open war on many of these same states\u0092 control of private-media access. Addressing the issue of media censorship in the wake of Google\u0092s well-publicized row with China, Secretary Clinton asserted that, although \u0093new technologies do not take sides in the struggle for freedom and progress, the United States does.\u0094<\/p>\n

This seems a hard-tack against the placatory tone of the administration to date, typified by President Obama\u0092s refusal to \u0093<ahref="http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5ibVJZAoZP9hKAGa5Fc9iOIbAElsw">meddle\u0094 in Iran\u0092s domestic affairs following <ahref="http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/Research\/PublicDiplomacy\/wm2497.cfm">Iranian elections, until the overwhelming tide of Western sentiment rendered his cherished middle ground absolutely <ahref="http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/jun\/23\/obama-condemns-crackdown-iran-protests">untenable. By the administrations\u0092 own measure, Secretary Clinton\u0092s strategy of what Time Magazine\u0092s Ken Stier calls \u0093actively undermining\u0094 foreign government\u0092s ability to limit speech (such as China\u0092s limiting of internet searches) makes \u0093meddling\u0094 seem like a <ahref="http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1960477,00.html">minor matter. Though Secretary Clinton\u0092s recognition of the foundational importance of the freedom of speech and the press must be commended, the Obama administration\u0092s inconsistency on this issue threatens the credibility of America\u0092s foreign policy and commitment to liberty.<\/p>\n

<spanid="more-27728"><\/span>Though the State Department has begun leveraging more \u0093<ahref="http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/Research\/PublicDiplomacy\/bg2346.cfm">new technologies\u0094 such as internet and mobile phones to as part of its\u0092 overall public diplomacy strategy in places such as Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, Secretary Clinton\u0092s announcement detaches freedom of information from any overall strategy and declares open season on <ahref="http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/Research\/WorldwideFreedom\/hl1130.cfm">repressive governments world-wide. As Mr. Stier aptly pointed out, China employs over 50,000 government workers controlling China\u0092s cyber space in an effort the United States does not likely have the resources or resolve to counter. This is to say nothing of the repercussions such a carte-blanche assault will have on some of the U.S. more tenuous international relationships.<\/p>\n

Getting back to the essential principle that commitment of resources by the State Department should act as part of wider U.S. strategy, subservient to standing U.S. foreign policy. This policy in turn must reflect our commitment to the foundational liberties, such as freedom of expression upon which our society is founded. It is essential, however, that the State Department understand that championing ideals and undermining governments are separate endeavors. We must always commit ourselves to freedom, but intervention against foreign governments should only be approached with utmost prudence.<\/p>\n

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On 03.01.10 01:51 PM posted by Aaron Church <ahref="http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clinton1.jpg"><\/p>Now, not only are we engaged in a War on Terror, but according to the U.S. State Department, apparently a Global War on Censorship. As President Barack Obama extends the hand of reconciliation to distasteful regimes, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is simultaneously declaring open war on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}