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Re: I'm just going to take a back seat.... Re: You Can Lead A Horse To Water....
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Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:23:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:

Are you honestly trying to say that diplomacy is universally and always
unsuccessful in all cases everywhere on the planet?  That nothing has ever
been accomplished by diplomacy?  You may wish to modify your statement or at
least limit its sweeping nature.

Okay, I was thinking in terms of *major* global conflicts, such as war.  More
specifically, I'm looking for examples of diplomacy effectively dealing with an
aggressor (nation or entity).

JOHN

Cuban Missle Crisis.  Defused through diplomacy.  Both sides got something
they wanted.  Perceptually Kruschev lost, and was deposed eventually because
of it.

-->Bruce<--



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  Re: I'm just going to take a back seat.... Re: You Can Lead A Horse To Water....
 
(...) Also, the Morrocan "affairs", in 1904 and 1907, between Germany and France. Things were *hot* back then (for the time standards, that is). Pedro (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: I'm just going to take a back seat.... Re: You Can Lead A Horse To Water....
 
(...) Huh?? Defused through us blockading Cuba and threatening to go to war if the missiles weren't removed, then refusing to blink. That would be more like it, I would say. Diplomacy was only the communication channel, not the defuser. Oh, and (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: I'm just going to take a back seat.... Re: You Can Lead A Horse To Water....
 
(...) Okay, I was thinking in terms of *major* global conflicts, such as war. More specifically, I'm looking for examples of diplomacy effectively dealing with an aggressor (nation or entity). JOHN (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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