Kim Andrew Elliott on Senator Coburn's letter to Stephen Hadley

And another voice joins in.  Very briefly, see Kim's response to the letter from Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) sent to Stephen Hadley I posted earlier this month. 

Senator Coburn calls for U.S. international broadcasting to be used for "democracy promotion" in Iran. Democracy involves the people making choices about their nations. Those choices are informed by a free press. Yet Senator Coburn mocks the concept of international broadcasting citing multiple points of view to "let the Iranians decide for themselves."
     Instead, Senator Coburn writes: "The U.S. taxpayers should not subsidize content presenting a balance between the truh and the regime's malicious propaganda. U.S. broadcasts should be the balance by the regime and others." In other words, U.S. international broadcasting should be all pro-U.S., all anti-Tehran regime, sort of like Radio Moscow in reverse. ...
     And so Senator Coburn's sustained tirade against U.S. international broadcasting has entertainment value. Here is the champion of fiscal responsibility advocating an international broadcasting strategy that would be an absolute, utter, complete waste of the taxpayers' money.

See also:

• Kim Andrew Elliott's earlier Tom Coburn, MD, and his prescription for US international broadcasting