No Tropical Jamboree

After reading recent NR characterizations [by Laura Ingraham and Charles Kesler] of the first world conference of young democratic leaders as a “tropical jamboree” dominated by socialists under my control, one would not be surprised to see Little Red Riding Hood indicted for attacking the Big Bad Wolf!

First the background: 1985 had been designated by the UN as International Youth Year, with the themes of Peace, Participation, and Development. Most democratic governments had no stomach for yet another propaganda fest occasioned by a UN Year—or Decade. Hence, after wide consultations, the Jamaicans in 1983 proposed a meeting of democratic youth to seek practical ways to unite this important constituency now and in the future.

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After reading recent NR characterizations [by Laura Ingraham and Charles Kesler] of the first world conference of young democratic leaders as a “tropical jamboree” dominated by socialists under my control, one would not be surprised to see Little Red Riding Hood indicted for attacking the Big Bad Wolf!

First the background: 1985 had been designated by the UN as International Youth Year, with the themes of Peace, Participation, and Development. Most democratic governments had no stomach for yet another propaganda fest occasioned by a UN Year—or Decade. Hence, after wide consultations, the Jamaicans in 1983 proposed a meeting of democratic youth to seek practical ways to unite this important constituency now and in the future.