Thank God there’s no blood on the hands of any Peoples Republic of China leaders, any Saudi leaders, any Burmese leaders, any Egyptian leaders, any Palestinian leaders, any Israeli leaders, any Russian leaders, and any Vietnamese leaders!
Varvel is certainly entitled to his opinion that our attempting a rapprochement with Cuba is an error, but in doing so he also makes two very foolish and naive implicit assertions: he implies that it’s better to have a minuscule enemy whose very status effectively labels us a bully in the eyes of most of the Third World and he implies that our relationships with the authoritarian nations named above are squeaky clean ethically.
The first rule of diplomacy is to see to our own interests. Once our interests are secured, we can then pick and choose whom we want to befriend—-again, in our own interests, first and foremost. Diplomacy is hypocrisy intended to further our political and economic interests, nothing more. Mr. Varvel would do well to understand the way of the world before he pontificates so presumptuously.
Thank God there’s no blood on the hands of any Peoples Republic of China leaders, any Saudi leaders, any Burmese leaders, any Egyptian leaders, any Palestinian leaders, any Israeli leaders, any Russian leaders, and any Vietnamese leaders!
Varvel is certainly entitled to his opinion that our attempting a rapprochement with Cuba is an error, but in doing so he also makes two very foolish and naive implicit assertions: he implies that it’s better to have a minuscule enemy whose very status effectively labels us a bully in the eyes of most of the Third World and he implies that our relationships with the authoritarian nations named above are squeaky clean ethically.
The first rule of diplomacy is to see to our own interests. Once our interests are secured, we can then pick and choose whom we want to befriend—-again, in our own interests, first and foremost. Diplomacy is hypocrisy intended to further our political and economic interests, nothing more. Mr. Varvel would do well to understand the way of the world before he pontificates so presumptuously.