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    Re: I'm just going to take a back seat.... Re: You Can Lead A Horse To Water.... —Bruce Schlickbernd
   (...) But we did blink, if not quite as hard and fast. That's the whole point. Both sides had escalated the confrontation to the point that neither saw a way out, but continuing it was too horrifying for words. Only through diplomacy was the (...) (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.... —John Neal
   (...) Big stick diplomacy is not the same as "diplomacy". Without strength, diplomacy is impotent, as Larry pointed out. One cannot negotiate from a position of weakness. That is why having a strong America is so good for the world-- because of the (...) (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.... —Bruce Schlickbernd
   (...) Of course it is. The implied threat of force in disputes of this nature is part of the diplomacy. It is not a simplistic, "Do as ah sez or I'll hurt youz real bad," - unless you are incompetent, that is, or simply bent on war ("Violence is the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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