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Kelly McParland: Obama’s about-face blows a hole in soft power’s fantasy world


President Barack Obama sudden about-face at last week’s high-profile UN gathering has only exacerbated the difficulty “progressives” have in sorting out how to bring order to the world. Mr. Obama came to office preaching one approach — dialogue, diplomacy, co-operation, brotherhood — and it didn’t work. Now he’s trying bombs.

For “progressives” it’s a cruel blow. They approve of dialogue, diplomacy, co-operation and brotherhood. Mr. Obama won a Nobel peace prize for just talking about his plan. Now he’s throwing it away, after six years of defending his reluctance to deploy U.S. power. His supporters – a dwindling …read more

Source: National Post

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