The smartest woman in the world, the current Baroness of State is finding that "smart power" isn't as smart as she thought. The goal of the Administration of the Thin Skinned one was to change the tone of American foreign policy to make all our enemies love us without having to intimidate them. To walk softly and leave the big stick at home. Apparently the Baroness didn't get the memo or got a different sheet of music. She has struggled on numerous trips abroad in putting a good face on her efforts. The period of time in which a broken elbow kept her at home may have been her best achievement as Baroness of State. In a trip to Africa last summer she verbally attacked a student who's question was misinterpreted in a way that the Baroness found objectionable. While she was castigating the poor bewildered youth, her husband was in Korea making big headlines by securing the release of two American journalists--headlines she was perhaps a little sensitive about. In more recent news she has, in the space of a week, managed to offend both the Pakistanis and the Palestinians. While, no doubt, both of these peoples NEEDED to be offended, it is a strange manifestation of this so-called "smart power" idea. His Majesty wonders if this new foreign policy shouldn't be called "snark power."
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