WaPo: “Smart power” actually “amateur hour”

"Remember when Barack Obama promised “smart power” in American diplomacy? The series of gaffes abroad has finally caught the attention of the Washington Post, which looks at one particular effort: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While even the most adept diplomatic efforts have failed to move the needle much on this conflict, Glenn Kessler reports that the Obama administration effort was so clueless that it resulted in making the situation much worse than when they started:"
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