No Matter How You Look at it...

We will still be perceived as being an imperialist conqueror, and no amount of Karen Hughes' public diplomacy will change that fact.

Even if she keeps repeating ridiculous lines such as, "I am a mom, and I love kids" to audiences in the Middle East.

Sorry, little lines like that are not going to cut it. As the article nicely puts it:

"many said the core reason for the poor American image remained U.S. policies, not how those policies were marketed or presented."

(this is not say that we should change our foreign policy to appease other nations, but rather, diplomacy such as this will not get the American message across)