One Way Diplomacy

"I feel that I have done what Secretary Rice and President Bush have asked of me by transforming public diplomacy and making it a national security issue," she said.
~Karen Hughes~

Under her leadership, the U.S. budget for public diplomacy nearly doubled, to $900 million a year. The State Department focused on trying to reverse the hostility toward America in the Muslim world, assigning more Arabic speakers to talk to the Arabic news media and setting up "rapid-response units" to try to counter negative commentary on U.S. foreign policy.
~New York Times~

Wouldn't true diplomacy include trying to reverse the hostility toward Muslims in the American world? That is a world security issue.
~NED~