by Mark Silva
There are predator drones, and then there are bake-offs.
The U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, recently sponsored a cooking class at the Rangoonwala Community Centre, where 30 "female housewives & future/mothers of Pakistan" were tutored in "Festive American Christmas Cooking and traditional local Eid family servings.''
If surgical attacks on terrorist camps won't win the hearts and minds of Pakistanis, the State Department hopes that Facebook might.
The note on the cooking class comes from the new Facebook page of the U.S. Consulate General in Karachi.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is "an avid supporter of using new technologies to create social networks that help people share important information and build understanding," says Elizabeth Colton, director of public affairs for the consulate there.
"The launch of our Facebook fan page is a step in this direction. We hope to draw an active group of subscribers and encourage a constructive dialogue among members of this online community."
Forty-eight fans have signed up so far.
Including the intriguing Shazia Ali at the right.
It's a start.
Comments
The weekly Obama Youth Squad address being touted in foreign lands, wonderful!
I'm sure the messages will be well received by the Afghan people, for a while anyway as they have been here, with waning acceptance.
Sooner or later even the promising rhetoric becomes nothing but "white noise" and background for the next Magician to take the stage and perform their "slight of hand" tricks.
Do they still buy snake oil in Afghanistan?
Posted by: springfield | December 31, 2009 12:06 PM
Concrete steps need to be taken for friendship.
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Posted by: sikander | December 31, 2009 1:18 PM
It has of late become frustrating to read the newspapers in Pakistan. If the once a week suicide bombings are not bad enough, there is a constant Zardari bashing in the news. I understand the resentment towards him, and to some extent even comprehend why so many individuals constantly write against President Zardari. However, the question that I have is what good comes out of it? If you can tell me that by having Zardari removed, we will see peace in Pakistan, the bombings will cease, inflation will come down, the poor will be looked after and all other social problems will be quelled, than I will jump on the anti-Zardari bandwagon. But until then, zip it!
http://ahraza.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/obsession-with-zardari/
Posted by: AHR | December 31, 2009 2:53 PM