“You know that scene in the movie ‘Blazing Saddles,’ when Cleavon
Little holds the gun to his own head and threatens to shoot himself?”
asked Ronald E. Neumann, a former ambassador to Afghanistan.

“The argument that we could pull out of Afghanistan if Karzai doesn’t
do what we say is stupid. We couldn’t get the Pakistanis to fight if
we leave Afghanistan; we couldn’t accomplish what we’ve set out to do.
And Karzai knows that.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/wo...karzai.html?hp

Organizing neighborhoods is not international diplomacy nor does it
give you the abilities to run a war. Do nothing is not a strategy.
And it sure as hell isn't "Smart Power". More like "Dumb Ass" power.

Heh - how about that.