CNI Foundation Ad in New York Times--8/13/06
There follows the full text of a letter to the President from the
Council for the National Interest Foundation (of which I am proud to be
the current chairman) which was published in a full-page ad in
yesterday's New York Times as Page 8 of the Week in Review section
opposite the editorial page (Page 9). This is the third in a series of
six such ads that CNIF has contracted with the Times to be published at
two-month intervals throughout this year. The cost to CNIF is $45,000
per ad. They reach 1.8 million Times subscribers nationwide, and perhaps
three times that number of readers. The ads include a coupon section
appealing for financial support for this effort to change American
policy on the Middle East. If any of you cannot resist the urge to help
out, please send a check to CNIF at the address at the end of the
letter, or you can do it by credit card on the CNIF website:
http://www.cnionline.org. Be sure to make it payable to CNIF (and not to
CNI) because that is tax deductible by you as a contribution to a
non-profit educational organization.
What Next in the Middle East?
A Commission of Wise Men
August 13, 2006
Dear Mr. President,
We are Americans from all fifty states who are, frankly, ashamed and
puzzled by our policy in the Middle East. As Americans, we are sickened
that the region is in a state of humanitarian crisis with thousands of
innocent civilians needlessly suffering due largely to your inaction. We
believe that the absence of the United States in the period leading up
to the current crisis has been unprecedented in American diplomacy.
Upward of a thousand Lebanese and dozens of Israelis have died
unnecessarily and the crisis has been allowed to fester for far too
long. America and her allies could have negotiated a stand down by all
parties, including Syria and Iran, if realistic policies had been chosen
and the blame game avoided.
As Americans we are outraged at the sight of U.S. donated tanks, weapons
and advanced missiles being used without restraint on a civilian
population in violation of American law and agreements with Israel.
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Council for the National Interest Foundation (of which I am proud to be
the current chairman) which was published in a full-page ad in
yesterday's New York Times as Page 8 of the Week in Review section
opposite the editorial page (Page 9). This is the third in a series of
six such ads that CNIF has contracted with the Times to be published at
two-month intervals throughout this year. The cost to CNIF is $45,000
per ad. They reach 1.8 million Times subscribers nationwide, and perhaps
three times that number of readers. The ads include a coupon section
appealing for financial support for this effort to change American
policy on the Middle East. If any of you cannot resist the urge to help
out, please send a check to CNIF at the address at the end of the
letter, or you can do it by credit card on the CNIF website:
http://www.cnionline.org. Be sure to make it payable to CNIF (and not to
CNI) because that is tax deductible by you as a contribution to a
non-profit educational organization.
What Next in the Middle East?
A Commission of Wise Men
August 13, 2006
Dear Mr. President,
We are Americans from all fifty states who are, frankly, ashamed and
puzzled by our policy in the Middle East. As Americans, we are sickened
that the region is in a state of humanitarian crisis with thousands of
innocent civilians needlessly suffering due largely to your inaction. We
believe that the absence of the United States in the period leading up
to the current crisis has been unprecedented in American diplomacy.
Upward of a thousand Lebanese and dozens of Israelis have died
unnecessarily and the crisis has been allowed to fester for far too
long. America and her allies could have negotiated a stand down by all
parties, including Syria and Iran, if realistic policies had been chosen
and the blame game avoided.
As Americans we are outraged at the sight of U.S. donated tanks, weapons
and advanced missiles being used without restraint on a civilian
population in violation of American law and agreements with Israel.
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