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Jesse Ventura on Torture

I’m liking Jesse Ventura more and more. Last week: give me a water board, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I’ll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders This week: “If waterboarding is OK, why don’t we let our police do it to suspects so they can learn what they know?” he asked. “If waterboarding is OK, why didn’t we waterboard [Timothy] McVeigh and Nichols, the Oklahoma City bombers, to find out if there were more people involved? … We only seem to waterboard Muslims… Have we waterboarded anyone else? Name me someone else who has been waterboarded.”

Helping U.S. reach out to young Muslims worldwide

Helping U.S. reach out to young Muslims worldwide – latimes.com. A Kashmiri-born Muslim who grew up in Massachusetts, Pandith was appointed to her position last June, shortly after President Obama, speaking from Cairo, sought to dissipate some of the mistrust between Muslims and the West. Pandith’s charge is to help bridge the cultural and religious divides by reaching out to individuals and organizations to build cooperation and partnerships.

More on Engaging the Muslim World

In light of Sen. Kerry’s upcoming Senate hearings, I thought I would link to some recent reports on the topic that might provide some useful background. Islamic Peacemaking Since 9/11 Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World (Change the Story is the result of this report) The Doha Compact – New Directions: America and the Muslim World Mightier than the Sword: Arts and Culture in the U.S.-Muslim World Relationship Strengthening America: The Civic and Political Integration of Muslim Americans A Strategic Look at U.S.-Muslim World Relations