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12-03-2015, 06:19 AM
This is a Wall Street Journal Article ( America The Indispensable 12/2/15) presenting excerpts from a speech Rupert Murdock made to the Hudson Institute where he received the Global Leadership Award 11/30/15. The article is lengthy so I will replicate it in sections for easier reading. You will discover that Rupert Murdock articulates so well what many of us believe and how we feel about our America. You will note quite a contrast of opinion of Murdock to the Obama Administration concerning America’s role in the world. I have come away with an appreciation of Rupert Murdock that I did not have until I read this article
We begin:
“I was honored when Hudson Institute asked me to address this gathering, particularly as you, Henry (Kissinger) agreed to make the introduction—at the very least I knew you would be diplomatic. Having been in China recently, and spent some time with Xi Jinping, it is very clear to me how much China has changed and how much Henry played a role in that change. “
“And beyond China borders your insightful volumes have taught us much on the art of diplomacy and the profound role played by leaders and leadership, a quality in somewhat short supply today.”
“Leaders sense when difficult decision must be taken, and that is a rear quality in an age too often defined by narcissism. No leader will fight for values, for principles, if their government is a value-free vacuum. Moral relativism is morally wrong”
“For the U.S. secretary of state to suggest that Islamic terrorists had a “rationale” in the slaughtering journalists , is one of the low points of recent Western diplomacy, and it is indicative of serious malaise.”
“For America to be embarrassed by its exceptionalism is itself exceptional and absolutely unacceptable. In his great book “World Order” Henry (Kissinger) writes: “The affirmation of America’s exceptional nature must be maintained.” He continues, As the modern world’s decisive articulation of the human quest for freedom and an indispensable geopolitical force for the vindication of humane values, America must retain its sense of direction.”
Again I replicate this in sections for easier reading because there is much to contemplate here. Or I suppose you can get the article on line.
Personal Best Regards:
We begin:
“I was honored when Hudson Institute asked me to address this gathering, particularly as you, Henry (Kissinger) agreed to make the introduction—at the very least I knew you would be diplomatic. Having been in China recently, and spent some time with Xi Jinping, it is very clear to me how much China has changed and how much Henry played a role in that change. “
“And beyond China borders your insightful volumes have taught us much on the art of diplomacy and the profound role played by leaders and leadership, a quality in somewhat short supply today.”
“Leaders sense when difficult decision must be taken, and that is a rear quality in an age too often defined by narcissism. No leader will fight for values, for principles, if their government is a value-free vacuum. Moral relativism is morally wrong”
“For the U.S. secretary of state to suggest that Islamic terrorists had a “rationale” in the slaughtering journalists , is one of the low points of recent Western diplomacy, and it is indicative of serious malaise.”
“For America to be embarrassed by its exceptionalism is itself exceptional and absolutely unacceptable. In his great book “World Order” Henry (Kissinger) writes: “The affirmation of America’s exceptional nature must be maintained.” He continues, As the modern world’s decisive articulation of the human quest for freedom and an indispensable geopolitical force for the vindication of humane values, America must retain its sense of direction.”
Again I replicate this in sections for easier reading because there is much to contemplate here. Or I suppose you can get the article on line.
Personal Best Regards: