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**MasdMnPa** · 07-07-2010, 12:55 AM

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Krauthammer Rips NASA Chief for Declaration to Improve Relations with Muslim World

By Jeff Poor

Mon, 07/05/2010 - 21:08 ET

If you haven't heard the report of the remarks recently made by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden over what the role of his agency, it's a little troubling. And it hasn't gone unnoticed, at least not by syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer

Recently, Bolden, in an interview with Al Jazeera English, said that the "foremost" mission of NASA is to improve relations with the Muslim world. This drew the ire of Krauthammer on the July 5 broadcast of Fox News Channel's "Special Report with Bret Baier." (h/t Gateway Pundit)

"This is a new height in fatuousness," Krauthammer said. "NASA was established to get America into space and to keep is there. This idea to feel good about their past and to make achievements is the worst combination of group therapy, psychobabble, imperial condescension and adolescent diplomacy."

And how does Krauthammer think this should be handled? Assuming Bolden wasn't instructed by President Barack Obama to make this gesture, he said he should be immediately fired for deviating from the intended purpose of NASA.

"If I didn't know that Obama had told this, I'd demand the firing of Charles Bolden the way I would Michael Steele," he continued. "This is absolutely unbelievable."

In the interview in question, Bolden had said he was tasked with doing the following by the President, including the claim the "foremost" mission was for the space agency to reach out to the Muslim world.

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MasdMnPa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-po...#ixzz0suoXnJnB Krauthammer Rips NASA Chief for Declaration to Improve Relations with Muslim World By Jeff Poor Mon, 07/05/2010 - 21:08 ET If you haven't heard the report of the remarks recently made by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden over what the role of his agency, it's a little troubling. And it hasn't gone unnoticed, at least not by syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer Recently, Bolden, in an interview with Al Jazeera English, said that the "foremost" mission of NASA is to improve relations with the Muslim world. This drew the ire of Krauthammer on the July 5 broadcast of Fox News Channel's "Special Report with Bret Baier." (h/t Gateway Pundit) "This is a new height in fatuousness," Krauthammer said. "NASA was established to get America into space and to keep is there. This idea to feel good about their past and to make achievements is the worst combination of group therapy, psychobabble, imperial condescension and adolescent diplomacy." And how does Krauthammer think this should be handled? Assuming Bolden wasn't instructed by President Barack Obama to make this gesture, he said he should be immediately fired for deviating from the intended purpose of NASA. "If I didn't know that Obama had told this, I'd demand the firing of Charles Bolden the way I would Michael Steele," he continued. "This is absolutely unbelievable." In the interview in question, Bolden had said he was tasked with doing the following by the President, including the claim the "foremost" mission was for the space agency to reach out to the Muslim world. Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-po...#ixzz0sxB0wYGj
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