The Fallacy of Facebook Diplomacy - BusinessWeek

The Fallacy of Facebook Diplomacy - BusinessWeek: "Mediocre ideas survive longest in government. In business, at least, competition tends to cull the lame and the halt. But in the public sector, theories, particularly when enlivened by events, can linger for decades. All of which explains why, now that Tunisia's dictator has left his country and Egypt's is weighing his options, we may be stuck for a good long while with what the State Dept. calls '21st Century Statecraft.'"