It is simply too dangerous to let the politicians deal with diplomacy. Diplomacy is about surviving until the next century. Politics is about surviving until the Friday afternoon.
A fascinating clip about how democracy and politics vs. international relations works. Thanks to TRS for pointing it out to me. Now, this particular part interested me:
What fun! Well, surely UK have always been a bit self-centered, thinking it still determines which way the winds of the planet blow. It can’t be helped, I suppose.
The best part is the conversation of Bernard with the Foreign Office members starting at 4:00.
Of course, political games are the only thing that UK can do nowadays. US can resort to different tactics (starting 2:03):
— I have it from the ambassador in Washington that Americans are going to support the current government of St. George’s Island.(There must have been a Republican president in office in the show’s timeline.)
— In the UN?
— No. In battle. On the St. George’s Island. They’ll send 7th Airborn Division backed up by fleet.
2 comments:
Well, the show ran during the Reagan-Thatcher years, so yes, the American response sounds appropriate.
Ah, those were the times. When leaders of the west had spine. And guts. And certain other organs.
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