Accidental Diplomacy
Thank the lucky stars for accidental diplomacy. During a London press conference,
Secretary of State John Kerry makes an off-the-cuff remark about how
Syria could avoid a military sanction by the US, namely by surrendering
his chemical weapons store to the UN and allowing inspections.
Russia and Syria appear to being saying yes. Whoddathunkit?
Didn't we use to call this kind of use of leverage...diplomacy?
Seriously, why is this kind of strategic foreign policy playing second fiddle to cruise missile deployment? I understand that the situation in the Middle East is complex, which is why I am baffled by the fact that so many smart people think that blowing things up will sort things out. If that were the case, wouldn't things be sorted out already?
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