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Stop Getting Mad, America.

Get Smart
By Richard L. Armitage and Joseph S. Nye Jr.
Washington Post, December 9, 2007

Warrant
Reason Projecting a
negative image
World is dissatisfied with
American leadership Claim
Qualifier
U.S. should
Reason should embrace a
smarter strategy
Inability of U.S. to
bring allies to its cause (Policy)
Evidence
Speech by
Defense Secretary Rebuttal
Warrant Smart power will
Too much hard power not solve all of the
Success relies on a strategy of
(2 major campaigns) nation’s problems
integrating hard and soft power

Not projecting a positive


image (soft power)
D. Scott Kenepp
Authors devoted to MSI 607
promoting American Mapping an Argument
preeminence in the world 15 January 2007

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