Arrogance
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Arrogance
has replaced sophisticated modesty.
The military was led – for the first time in its history – by an Air Force general, Dan Halutz, who believed that everything could be solved by air power, creating a combustible combination of civilian ignorance and military
arrogance.
African dictators might do dreadful things but somehow they did not meet with condemnation from many European intellectuals, for criticism implied cultural
arrogance.
Arrogance
of power and blindness about reality were the two main causes for the decline of the sole remaining superpower.
This is largely due to a widespread perception of American
arrogance.
Some economists have been led astray by intellectual arrogance: the belief that they can always explain real-world complexity.
Unfortunately, this kind of
arrogance
can lead to complacency and competitive failure.
American
arrogance
and neglect played a big part in this stunning reversal.
The
Arrogance
of Chinese PowerNEW DELHI – Success breeds confidence, and rapid success produces
arrogance.
Pinochet responded with arrogance, provoking a huge sense of shame for Chile’s young democracy.
The Bush administration is internationally exposed in both the
arrogance
of its concepts and the limits of its power.
Their problems seem, instead, to be rooted in
arrogance.
For the Indian National Congress, that
arrogance
is largely hereditary.
As for the ANC, its
arrogance
seems more akin to that of the CPSU: an overweening sense of “owning” the state, which makes corruption seem like a form of electoral entitlement.
Arrogance
of this sort cuts a party off from its actual supporters, who then find it easier to search, and to find, a viable alternative.
With his open contempt for Russian society – exemplified in his mocking response to widespread demonstrations – as well as his arrogance, readiness to stifle dissent, and fear of competition, Putin has singlehandedly quashed the long-held myth that he himself propagated: personalized power can modernize the country while preserving stability.
First, the neocon quest for US hegemony through regime change is not only bloody-minded arrogance; it is classic imperial overreach.
Next week, they shouldn’t be surprised if they see a mirror of each other, because both men have exemplified the
arrogance
of power.
Four years later, Bush’s
arrogance
and mendacity have been exposed for the entire world, including the American public, to see.
Putin also succumbed to the same
arrogance
of power.
In this, Putin’s
arrogance
is failing Russia miserably.
The accident in the case of Belgium is usually placed in the early nineteenth century, the result of Napoleon’s European empire collapsing and Dutch
arrogance.
Arrogance
and AuthorityWASHINGTON, DC – It is increasingly common to hear prominent American and European central bankers proclaim, with respect to the crisis of 2008-2010, the following verdict: “We did well.”
At worst, however, it creates an image of
arrogance
that can only undermine the credibility on which central banks’ authority rests.
While this is a reasonable demand, the rest of the Middle East – and, indeed, much of the world, including Europe – regard the root cause of the conflict as Israeli intransigence and arrogance, together with America’s blind support for it.
After an initial phase of post-referendum
arrogance
and euphoria, it has become increasingly obvious that May’s government completely misread the likely EU response to a British exit from the bloc.
With regard to the rest of the world, many find it easy to blame the US, often owing to resentment at its perceived
arrogance.
In desperation, often mixed with arrogance, some are suggesting completely crazy quantum-gravity concepts, including bizarre alternatives for standard Einsteinian black holes – with no experimental foundation.
But when they act as in this case – without consultations with their diplomats and the Commission ("guardian of the Treaty") – it begins to look like the sort of
arrogance
of power that makes European integration seem so frightening to a lot of people.
It was ultimately in the name of saving Asia for all Asians from what was regarded as Western
arrogance
that the government united to wage war.
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