[SmithL]

The writer is chairman of the Political Science Department at Bar-Ilan University and executive director of NGO Monitor.

[ScottinVA]

Who gives two sh!ts about “soft power” when it comes to national survival. Take it to them, Israel, and this time, DON’T LET UP!!!

[goldstategop]

The Czechs neglected "soft power" - the political battlefield in the 1930s. Adolf Hitler saw its potential and outmaneuvered them and won the big prize - the Sudetenland - without having fired a shot. Its erroneous to think of confronting the enemy in terms of military dimension alone.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[marron]

Soft power is the latest buzz word. Expect to hear it used a lot, especially by people who get queasy at the thought of so-called “hard power”.

No suicide bomber ever stopped to re-think his mission thanks to soft power. No muslim fanatic, no Hamas gunman, no Iranian Revolutionary Guard cares a flip about soft power. The only people who care about it are men with soft hands who are terrified of whats coming, but they are sure the solution is more talking and more appeasement.

[vikingd00d]

If “hard power” is applied correctly, there won’t be any enemy left to wield “soft power”. It’s time for Israel to exterminate every living thing in the Gaza Strip.

[Fitzy_888]

We have all these politically correct (softy) names as part of our sales pitch and marketing plan to protect ourselves: “Operation Enduring Freedom”, “Operation Rolling Thunder”,,, etc.

ISRAEL: “Operation Cast Lead”

What a novel perspective on “soft power”. /sarc

[JasonC]

Clueless idiots on parade.

Earth to Israel. The entire world knows the truth. Half of it just *wants* you all to die.

Deal with it, and stop asking for the approval of Nazi goons.