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Originally Posted by floydian slip
why wont the U.S. just talk with them, pretty snobby i'd say
freaking diplomacy my ass
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great point...
the most fundamental flaw in our foreign policy approach, imho, is a refusal to talk to our enemies.
Donald Gregg, National Security Advisor to Bush 41:
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Why won't the Bush administration talk bilaterally and substantively with NK, as the Brits (and eventually the US) did with Libya? Because the Bush administration sees diplomacy as something to be engaged in with another country as a reward for that country's good behavior. They seem not to see diplomacy as a tool to be used with antagonistic countries or parties, that might bring about an improvement in the behavior of such entities, and a resolution to the issues that trouble us. Thus we do not talk to Iran, Syria, Hizballah or North Korea. We only talk to our friends -- a huge mistake.
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when you won't talk, your range of options narrows considerably.