Re: Task Force Criticizes U. S. Foreign Policy
The article above published in the Honolulu Advertiser and was originated by the Los Angeles Times. The nonpartisan task force report was highly critical of the U. S. State Department, citing long term mismanagement, ill-equipped, "downward spiral" and a serious state of disrepair.
Now, we are not gloating over the woes of the U. S. State Department. We frankly have confidence that Gen. Colin Powell will take action to correct applicable shortcomings of the prior administration. However, we are quick to point out that it was this same U. S. State Department that attempted to smear the flawless reputation of the Kingdom of EnenKio by publishing the following quote under MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES heading:
"...The Kingdom of Enenkio (sic) Atol (sic) [is] entirely fraudulent in intent and practice." (Source: International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 1998, Released by the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law, Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, February 1999)
Where not one shred of evidence or bonefide citation of fraud on the part of EnenKio has ever been brought forward, internationally or otherwise, it seems to us the State Department has a lot of gall to broadcast such condemnation when its own corpus is rotten at the core. We simply point this out so you, the enlightened public, can decide on the merits of actions and not on a toss pot calling the kettle black.
We are personally and intimately familiar with the officials and activities of EnenKio and continue to scrutinize their progress in assisting the inhabitants of the Ratak atolls to a better way of life. The U. S. State Department hasn't in 8 decades done for the Marshallese what EnenKio has attempted to do in its short life of 8 years. If not for this and other agencies of the United States, settled on on preserving its colonial domination in the Pacific islands and thwarting anyone who opposes it, the people of the Marshall Islands, and the rest of the Pacific for that matter, would have long ago realized social stability and prosperity.
W