Comments on: Soft Power Still Counts http://mattschiavenza.com/2009/07/03/soft-power-still-counts/ From the Dragon to the Apple- A Sinophile in New York Tue, 22 May 2012 15:03:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: matt_schiavenza http://mattschiavenza.com/2009/07/03/soft-power-still-counts/comment-page-1/#comment-74517 matt_schiavenza Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:14 +0000 http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=591#comment-74517 I think stating that America has always supported democracy would ring hollow for Iranians who well know that the US and UK overthrew their democratically elected prime minister and installed the tyrannical Shah. But I do agree that saying there was little difference between Mousavi and Ahmadinejad was a gaffe, even if basically true. I think stating that America has always supported democracy would ring hollow for Iranians who well know that the US and UK overthrew their democratically elected prime minister and installed the tyrannical Shah.

But I do agree that saying there was little difference between Mousavi and Ahmadinejad was a gaffe, even if basically true.

]]> By: Dan http://mattschiavenza.com/2009/07/03/soft-power-still-counts/comment-page-1/#comment-74360 Dan Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:40:13 +0000 http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=591#comment-74360 You are absolutely right. But it certainly would not hurt if Obama talked a bit more about the importance of democracy and freedom and how America has always supported those things and always will. That would have been preferable to his saying there is no real difference between Mousavi and those already in power. You are absolutely right. But it certainly would not hurt if Obama talked a bit more about the importance of democracy and freedom and how America has always supported those things and always will. That would have been preferable to his saying there is no real difference between Mousavi and those already in power.

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