I was the US soft power czar. Our reputation may never recover from this

In 2003, after the invasion of Iraq, American global favorability was at a modern low: in the 30-40% range. It had been above 50% for Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, and got into the 70% range for Bill Clinton. (Some wars are more popular than others: George HW Bush’s Gulf war to libera...

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