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Politics The World Soul
Posted by Charles Mudede on Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:09 AM
One of the responses to Obama's historical speech in Cairo:
Professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Harvard:If Obama is a great investment in soft power, Bush was a terrible investment in hard power.A great investment in our soft power
As I read this on my Blackberry in Heathrow airport, I am reminded of JFK and Reagan's capacity to project American ideals. This is a great investment in our soft power.
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The good prof likes to drop names, it seems. Blackberry, Heathrow, JFK, and Reagan all in on fell swoop. I'm a man of the world, look at me.
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