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Originally posted by nostatic
I think you're missing the point. Yes, dictators and regimes can be dealt with via hard power. Terrorism is a very different story. And soft power comes in lots of different forms.

And as far as I can tell, we (US) haven't used hard or soft power to try and effect change in Sudan.
We took it to the UN. I cannot think of any "softer" power......except maybe Clinton's attempts to "get" Bin laden.
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