This is what U.S. foreign policy has been reduced to: Government flacks engaging in hashtag diplomacy:
To echo @BarackObama today-proud to stand #UnitedForUkraine World should stand together with one voice pic.twitter.com/VeMt578UdY
— Morgan Ortagus (@statedeptspox) March 26, 2014
Yes, that’s State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki lamely giving the thumbs up to Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/stengel/status/448884643480469504
Echoing what President Obama said today, we proudly stand #UnitedforUkraine. pic.twitter.com/EUu9asaEDB
— IIP Coordinator (@IIPCoordinator) March 26, 2014
https://twitter.com/marieharf/status/448907519008591872
As POTUS said: US & allies will keep standing together #UnitedforUkraine & its ppl as they chart a democratic course pic.twitter.com/LvdGdfm60u
— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) March 26, 2014
As POTUS said, we want the people of #Ukraine to make their own decisions, just like other free people around the world. #UnitedforUkraine
— Samantha Power (@AmbPower44) March 27, 2014
At least Samantha Power couldn’t bring herself to tweet a photo with the hashtag impotently written on a card.
We have a feeling Russian President Vladimir Putin probably responded much in the same way Twitter did:
https://twitter.com/DefendWallSt/status/449009214606680064
https://twitter.com/ianessling/status/449006472257474560
I'm sure Putin will withdraw troops from Ukraine as soon as this hashtag goes viral: https://t.co/XWZECCr01Y #SoftPower
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) March 27, 2014
a hashtag does not a foreign policy make MT @statedeptspox To echo Obama today-proud to stand #UnitedForUkraine pic.twitter.com/Gmx1VO6dMl
— Prudence Paine (@PruPaine) March 27, 2014
.@statedeptspox @BarackObama remember when Winston Churchill saved Britain with the hashtag #victory? It was super productive
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) March 27, 2014
@statedeptspox @BarackObama Nothing Beats a Hashtag. Ask Leonidas pic.twitter.com/hYsTIUhzdK
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) March 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/AnthrVoiceinWil/status/448910550266048512
Ukrainians sleeping more soundly 2night knowing that thousands of hashtags massing for their protection #UnitedforUkraine
— Carne Ross (@carneross) March 27, 2014
.@statedeptspox @BarackObama and who can forget the Alliances. pic.twitter.com/fidJcVYzBb
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) March 27, 2014
That’s right. The supposedly most powerful country in the world just responded to naked military aggression with a hashtag game.
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