09-11-2002, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: March 4, 2001
Location: Knoxville, TN USA
Age: 62
Posts: 1,641
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Originally posted by Azred:
I say it all depends upon the person with whom you are dealing. Sometimes diplomacy works (Carter did a good job with the Egypt/Isreal accord, for example) but other times it doesn't (Chamberlain with Hitler). Try diplomacy first; if the other party doesn't honor the agreement, then you cannot trust them again with diplomacy.
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Excellent point Azred! I totally agree that diplomacy should be tried first. In the case of Iraq, diplomacy was tried in 1990. I seem to remember that the UN secretary General making a couple of visits to Iraq to give diplomacy a chance. We later ended up in war. I beleive that Diplomacy was also used in 1998 when the UN Weapons Inspectors were kicked out. I think that diplomacy should be tried again prior to any attack against Iraq. But, I don't think it will work, though. Just call me pessimistic.
[ 09-11-2002, 12:40 PM: Message edited by: Sir Taliesin ]
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