International Diplomacy

[poliphilo]

When you're the world's only superpower everybody wants to be your friend- even if they say otherwise.  The Obama administration seems to understand this. They go round smiling at people- and people are so flattered they fall over themselves to be obliging.

You don't need to wave the big stick; everyone knows it's there;  wave it too much and you start to look jittery and insecure.

I'm fascinated by what just happened in North Korea- and how easy it was for Bill Clinton to win concessions. I think Kim Jong Il would fold like a mereingue if the World suddenly decided it loved him and wanted to do photo-ops with him. He's a very needy man.

Comments

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

I think you're correct: Kim Jong Il is indeed a very needy man. And Bill has that way of looking at you with that soulful puppy look, as if he really does care - absurd as that impression might be in a politician.

They made quite a match, I suspect.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

They said something very similar about Tony Blair- that when you went one to one with him he gave you the feeling that you were the only person in the world who mattered.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Didn't know that about Blair. He and Bill Clinton must have been quite a match. Small wonder they got on so well.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Blair, like Clinton, is a real charmer.