John Kasich: Create a New Agency to Promote ‘Judeo-Christian’ Values

"We must be more forceful in the battle of ideas. U.S. public diplomacy and international broadcasting have lost their focus on the case of western values and ideals in effectively countering our opponents' propaganda and disinformation. I will consolidate them in new agency that has a clear mandate to promote the core Judeo-Christian values that we and our friends and allies share, the values of human rights, values of democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, and it should focus on four critical targets: Middle East, China, Iran and Russia. Sophisticated strategies will be developed to communicate with each of these hard target countries. The challenge posed by ISIS in Syria and Iraq is a symptom of a broader weakness in America's national security policy, failing to advance our values in the battle of ideas. Not doing so against the threat such is ISIS in places like Syria and Iraq is interpreted by the opponents around the world as weakness."