Supporters of the war with Iraq cited Saddam's massacre of Kurds in the 1980s as a reason to invade. Yet America did not halt earlier genocides, such as those of Armenians in 1915, Cambodia in the 1970s, and Bosnia in the 1990s. Former war correspondent-turned-human rights advocate Samantha Power says foreign policy has for too long lacked any conscience in decision-making. Also on the show, New Jersey Governor James McGreevey, Sara Chayes tries to build a radio station in Afghanistan, and "Mr. Magazine" rates Radar.
New Jerseyans Have a Cow
New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey, responds to criticism
Open Phones
Jersey callers on how they think McGreevey is doing.
Off the Radar
Samir "Mr. Magazine" Husni, head of the magazine program at University of Mississippi, on the prospects for Radar magazine, a win for a parenting publication, and other magazine issues
Power to the People
Former journalist turned human rights advocate Samantha Power, now a lecturer in public policy, founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University, on her book, Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (Harper Collins, 2003) and the “a la cartism” ...
The Re-construction Industry
Sarah Chayes, field director for Afghans for Civil Society based in Kandahar and former NPR reporter, on establishing a radio station in Afghanistan
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