A high price was paid for that ignorance. Fortunately, in his second term, with Condoleezza Rice and Karen Hughes at the State Department and Rumsfeld’s reputation dented by failures that in the private sector would have led to his firing or resignation, Bush has shown an increased concern about America’s soft power.
Ve svém druhém funkčním období, kdy na ministerstvu zahraničí je Condoleezza Riceová a Karen Hughesová a Rumsfeldovu pověst pošramotily nezdary, jež by v soukromém sektoru vedly k propuštění nebo k odchodu, naštěstí Bush prokazuje zvýšený zájem o měkkou moc Ameriky.