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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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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:30:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> 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.
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> > 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
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> Cuban Missle Crisis. Defused through diplomacy.
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 while we're on that topic, I am reminded of how the French acted
then... they said "If you have evidence, that's good enough for us, we don't
have to actually see it, we take you at your word".
But then Bush is no Kennedy.
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