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Re: ده كلام شنو يا Gration ؟؟ حلاوة وبسكويت لمنو (Re: النصرى أمين)
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للناس الكسالى هاكم عمود ال كامين فى الصحيفة(الجزء الذى يخص السودان)
Smileys in Sudan
Speaking of bad situations, there's Sudan, where President Omar Hassan al-Bashir faces international war crimes charges for orchestrating a campaign of murder, torture and forced expulsions in Darfur. The State Department, not to mention some in the human rights community, have been much upset of late with special envoy J. Scott Gration's softer line in dealing with the ruling thugocracy, including the easing of sanctions.
Gration, a retired Air Force major general, grew up in Africa and became very close to then-Sen. Barack Obama after he escorted the lawmaker on a two-week tour of Africa and then endorsed and campaigned for him 2008.
In a recent interview, Gration explained the strategy to our colleague Stephanie McCrummen. "We've got to think about giving out cookies," said Gration, who was appointed to the job in March. "Kids, countries -- they react to gold stars, smiley faces, handshakes, agreements, talk, engagement."
On the day that quote appeared in The Post, we're told, someone asked Hillary Clinton at the department's morning senior staff meeting what State was going to do about Gration's comments.
"That's not our problem," the secretary of state replied, "that's their problem," pointing toward the White House.
Smiley faces?
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