Textbook Case of Propaganda
Just documenting the propaganda, folks. In this case, a pean to the “Dear Leader” in a Pakistani school textbook.
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A POEM in a school textbook has been removed by embarrassed education officials in Pakistan after it was found that the first letters of each line spelt out “President George W. Bush”.
The 20-line anonymous poem, The Leader, lists the qualities of “a man who will do what he must”, and bears a passing resemblance to Rudyard Kipling’s If.
“Ever assuring he’ll stand by his word/Wanting the world to join his firm stand/Bracing for war, but praying for peace/Using his power so evil will cease,” run typical lines.
… America has even donated money to transform Pakistan’s national curriculum into something closer to Western ideals.
The result is a much lampooned US-friendly philosophy called “enlightened moderation”, which the US has agreed to pay to disseminate in schools.
Just a few questions. Why are they so clumsy at this? Who got paid for this? And how soon does it arrive in U.S. schools? (That is, if it’s not already in U.S. Schools.