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diplomacy

MILITARISM: tending to prefer the use of military action over other alternatives

June 3, 2012

On Chris Hayes’ morning show, Up! with Chris Hayes, a very interesting and intelligent conversation was held regarding the increased use of military action by President Obama over the past couple of years.  Some are applauding the strength of his action against Al Qaeda, and some are deploring the shift from a more concilliatory position [...]

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DETENTE: the relaxing of tension between nations by diplomacy and negotiation

March 17, 2012

There are those that believe when tensions begin to accelerate between or among nations it is the time to pull out the military solutions and dust off the missiles.   The emergence of nuclear capabilities in Iran, the incredibly horrendous murder of thousands of citizens in Syria, the deteriorating relationship between the people of Afghanistan and [...]

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BRINKMANSHIP: the diplomatic feat of pushing an issue to the edge of disaster in order to win a matter

August 1, 2011

John Foster Dulles was  Secretary of State under President Eisenhower in the 1950′s.  Among other accomplishments he was acknowledged as the master of brinkmanship, a term crafted to mean that he was willing to take a diplomatic matter to the very edge of war in order to scare his opponents into concession.    It depends upon [...]

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INCITE: to stir up, cause to happen

November 28, 2010

We usually hear the word incite used to describe the activity which brings about a riot.  Unfortunately it is not difficult to bring to mind pictures which have appeared on the front pages of newspapers or on the late news on television.  I don’t know if it was a less common occurrence when I was [...]

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ONE LEVEL TEASPOON:

January 13, 2010

I hate to admit it, but I have forgotten the place where I read a note the other day about the issue of using the measurement: one level teaspoon. The article was making the point that teaspoons differ in size, so the assumption is flawed that when cooking one can dip into the silver drawer, [...]

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