>>>>You say a lot of interesting and intelligent things, but that is the most ridiculous statement you've uttered.
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>>>How so?
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>>1) She's the chief diplomat. That world is based on hypotheticals
>>2) She's a public servant. Her mandate is to respond to public queries.
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>Yes, a diplomat. Do you think that diplomats tell each other everything, much less everyone else in the world, what the goals and plans of their countries are? They don't. International diplomacy is a high-stakes chess match. You don't tell your opponent (enemy) what you're going to do, necessarily.
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>I believe Tracy already pointed this out, but speaking publicly regarding hypotheticals would be of no use in the case of a civil war in Iraq. If she were to say that the U.S. would withdraw all our troops in the event of a civil war, it is possible that it would embolden the insurgents to escalate the violence further in the hopes of creating a civil war.
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>Hopefully, they are talking about hypotheticals behind closed doors. They should be preparing for what we'll do in the event that civil war does break out.
Good response. Damn you.
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