“The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes longer.” – Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger said that diplomacy is the “art of restraining power”. Obviously, the most influential ideologue on US foreign policy of the twenty first century was refering to the necesity to “restrain the power” of other countries and goverments in order to maintain the dominant world power of the United States. Presidents in the style of George W. Bush employed “Hard Power” to achieve this goal: weapons, bombs, threats and military invasions. Others, like Bill Clinton, used “Soft Power”: cultural warfare, Hollywood, ideals, diplomacy, moral authority and campaigns to “win the hearts and minds” of those in enemy nations. The Obama administration has opted for a mutation of these two concepts, fusioning military power with diplomacy, political and economic influence with cultural penetration and legal manuvering. They call this “Smart Power”. It’s first application is the coup d’etat in Honduras, and as of today, it’s worked to perfection.
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2 comments:
I think you'll find that Henry Kissinger was a twentieth century diplomat.
Do hope you're not doing Phd on Kissinger.
You're almost correct... thks. Well now, doesn't time just fly? And, nope! It's all detailed further down
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