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Posted by Fir3start3r on Jul-29-2009 03:02:

Leadership is not a popularity contest.

Posted by Krypton on Jul-29-2009 03:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Leadership is not a popularity contest.

Who said it was?

Posted by Arbiter on Jul-29-2009 15:10:

People are fickle, foreign policy can't afford to be.

If government shifted foreign policy every time the whims of the general public changed, nothing would ever be accomplished--except antagonizing every other country on the planet.

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Jul-29-2009 15:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Arbiter
People are fickle, foreign policy can't afford to be.

If government shifted foreign policy every time the whims of the general public changed, nothing would ever be accomplished--except antagonizing every other country on the planet.

So true. In terms of funding projects and goodwill initiatives, I can't even tell you how many times the US has started something and then abandoned it when the public lost interest. Really damages our reputation abroad in a lot of emerging markets.

Say what you will about China, but they are making a lot of headway around the world with their consistency.

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jul-30-2009 05:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Krypton
Who said it was?

Read the first post...

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jul-30-2009 06:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Say what you will about China, but they are making a lot of headway around the world with their consistency.

lols, dude! its pretty easy to be consistent when you aren't answerable to the people and have no elections

Posted by thedoggyworld on Jul-30-2009 10:46:

they hate the war?

Posted by Krypton on Jul-30-2009 15:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Read the first post...

You call an endless war in Afghanistan leadership?

A real leader gets things done without going to war.

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jul-30-2009 16:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Krypton
You call an endless war in Afghanistan leadership?

A real leader gets things done without going to war.

That would be your opinion on that subject however I was simply stating a fact based on the comment, not the article.
Arbiter said it best.

Posted by Krypton on Jul-30-2009 16:52:

Yes he did and I'd agree. But that doesn't mean give leadership a blank check to do whatever they want. "Leadership isn't a popularity contest" is a great rhetorical statement...