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In recent weeks, Bolton has suggested that talks with North Korea could follow what he calls the “Libya model” – a facile shorthand for a country that simply surrenders its nuclear program for little in return.
It is facile to blame the current situation on colonial plunder and post-colonial corruption.
Yet it is facile to say that antagonism to Putin's new course derives simply from adherence to Cold War stereotypes.
Indeed, successful implementation of the treaty would help debunk the facile argument made by the Kremlin and its acolytes that the liberal order has become dysfunctional.
But it would be facile to attribute this to the immaturity of Central European democracies.
When it comes to such complex and consequential developments, however, we should beware of facile reasoning.
For his part, Armstrong has tried to steer clear of facile associations between his Tour de France triumphs and his recovery from cancer.
Even if the media were American-owned, it is too facile to say that consumers of culture the world over are mere clay in the hands of skilled marketing experts.
For Latin America, a return to the facile rhetoric and self-defeating policies of populism would be the most dangerous side effect of Trump’s victory.
What we call “terrorism” has many causes, and one must beware of facile explanations.
But one must still follow through, and it must be admitted that Khan has not yielded in these matters to the facile communitarianism common on the other side of the Channel.
Charlie and the Anti-Muslim Media FactoryPARIS – It is facile to frame the deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo as an attack on freedom of expression.
Unfortunately, that is a facile excuse.
Social vulnerability and frustration at the political system’s failure to provide solutions are the grounds upon which radical movements have always emerged to offer facile solutions.
Rather than offering facile answers such as “just let markets work” or “just get governance right,” it rightly emphasizes that each country must devise its own mix of remedies.
Some commentators have dismissed the growth target established in Brisbane – an additional 2.1% over five years – as facile posturing.
So, despite the West’s best efforts to cast its actions in an ennobling light, Asians – even those who are sympathetic to Western agendas –are not easily taken in by facile good-versus-evil narratives.
The CPA, and the world community, must not prejudice the outcome of their efforts by accepting a facile and bogus view of Iraqi society.
As for power transition, much attention nowadays is lavished on a supposed American decline, often with facile historical analogies to Britain and Rome.
This equation is too facile.
It’s facile to blame the politics of post-truth practiced by populists.
The alliance of democracies is back, and the facile quip that America comes from Mars and Europe from Venus no longer makes sense.
Contrary to much facile criticism, Europe cannot be reproached for imposing austerity on the Greeks.
This answer, however, is somewhat facile.
Facile commentary often suggests the opposite: countries with high fertility rates supposedly enjoy the demographic dividend of a rapidly rising and youthful population.
In circumstances as complicated as Greece’s economic crisis, it is facile to explain the country’s woes by declaring, “They are Greeks.”
And facile claims that renewable sources can boost energy security look a lot less convincing after the crisis in Ukraine;Europe now understands that only large and stable energy supplies matter.
In order for policymakers to understand what’s really at stake in decarbonization, and therefore what they should do today to avoid dead-end gimmicks and facile solutions, all governments should prepare commitments and plans not only to 2030 but also at least to 2050.
But this argument is facile, at best.
Facile arguments that disregard evidence-based concerns about pesticides will simply enable leading producers to continue profiting from business as usual.
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