tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post1047595134155851724..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Hard Power, Soft Power, and the Failure of American Foreign PolicyBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-87360300316043870502011-03-31T13:14:11.261-04:002011-03-31T13:14:11.261-04:00The other thing is we tend to paint these "th...The other thing is we tend to paint these "they embraced our wounded soldier/downed airman" stories as "they really do like Americans," when in fact what they like is the guy removing the asshole that we or some other Western power often put in place to begin with. There just tend to be more stories about Americans because we tend to be the ones bombing those authoritarian messes we created.Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10484284471046027179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-82250306777769225662011-03-31T11:57:20.774-04:002011-03-31T11:57:20.774-04:00Part of the soft power that's breaking through...<i>Part of the soft power that's breaking through is a very-hard-to-fetter internet. It's something to be proud of.</i><br /><br />Yeah, but attempts to quash "net neutrality" may mess this up. Damn, authoritarians really do their damnedest to fuck up everything they can.<br /><br /><i>This is far too rational. Are you sure you are not Swedish or something? it seems very unAmerican.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://bigbadbaldbastard.blogspot.com/2011/02/it-takes-lot-to-get-me-to-times-square.html" rel="nofollow">When did I ever say I was American</a>?Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-42395698396676491462011-03-31T09:15:45.961-04:002011-03-31T09:15:45.961-04:00This is far too rational. Are you sure you are not...This is far too rational. Are you sure you are not Swedish or something? it seems very unAmerican.fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-47522657023653923782011-03-31T02:47:13.535-04:002011-03-31T02:47:13.535-04:00Imperial Life in the Emerald City has astonishing...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Life_in_the_Emerald_City" rel="nofollow">Imperial Life in the Emerald City </a> has astonishing stories of the CPA's imbecilityHamish Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-51746670629982073222011-03-30T23:29:45.803-04:002011-03-30T23:29:45.803-04:00they were waving pictures of this guy:
He has an ...<i>they were waving pictures of this guy:</i><br /><br />He has an enticingly large forehead.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-38142788946124086552011-03-30T23:28:10.693-04:002011-03-30T23:28:10.693-04:00Part of the soft power that's breaking through...Part of the soft power that's breaking through is a very-hard-to-fetter internet. It's something to be proud of.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-31900579729034213312011-03-30T20:40:11.055-04:002011-03-30T20:40:11.055-04:00I wonder if we aren't wearing our passes out.
...I wonder if we aren't wearing our passes out.<br /><br />No one else is killing their airline industry like we are...<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com