Talk:Freedom deficit

The term "Freedom Deficit" did not originate with Sec. of State Rice in her December 11, 2005 article, as it is in use long before then. I am not certain how it originated, but it can be found in a report from Morton Halperin of the Council on Foreign Relations, dated Sept. 19, 2002.

See Council on Foreign Relations: Addressing the 'Freedom Deficit' in the Arab World: the UNDP's

This line shows some bias:

"Ms. Rice most effectively explained the risks of the freedom deficit and the only means by which to protect the world from these risks in the following statement from the same article...."

She does not effectively explain the term, nor does she present the only means by which to protect the world form this supposed risk. Supposing that the term describes a real condition, which is debatable, nobody, certainly not Rice, has demonstrated that there is an infallible cure.

The text as it stands is incorrect and partisan.

chester

Natan Sharansky quote

I removed the following from the article:

Natan Sharansky, in a speech on Palestinian politics, noted that "The greatest barrier to Israeli-Palestinian peace is the lack of freedom and democracy on the Palestinian side, and any peace plan that overlooks that deficit is doomed."[ref][freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/966512/posts Sharansky: Freedom Deficit is the Real MidEast Problem]", Power Line, Free Republic, 08-19-2003.[/ref]

My concern is that the site, Free Republic, has just reposted a blog post, found at Powerlineblog.com. We all should know that for the most part, blog posts are not reliable sources. Searching the internet for the quote doesn't yield any more reliable sources. If someone has a better source, feel free to restore the content and replace the source. But until then, I think it's best to leave the quote out of the article because it is not verifiable in terms of a reliable source.-Andrew c ^[talk] 16:20, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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