PAPER TIGER POSITIONINGS
Time constraints and foreign travel partnered this week to prevent the creation of a brand new DISPATCHES. Instead, we are reviving an issue first published in 2006, but still relevant for your reading enjoyment...
As the world nervously watches the nuclear brinksmanship emanating from North Korea, an old notion somehow comes to mind?that of the "paper tiger." The phrase itself is actually an ancient one in Chinese, meaning something which seems as threatening as a tiger but is really harmless ("toothless" would be a good, common synonym in today's usage). The modern use of the term seems to trace back to Mao Zedong, who in 1956 said: "In appearance it is very powerful but in reality it is nothing to be afraid of, it is a paper tiger. Outwardly a tiger, is it made of paper, unable to withstand the wind and rain. I believe the United States is nothing but a paper tiger."
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