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To: Alighieri who wrote (520055)	10/12/2009 12:08:38 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1574296

Ask the British, Obama has insulted them 3 times already

To: Alighieri who wrote (520055)	10/12/2009 12:10:14 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574296

>> OK genius...what exactly is/was the benefit of insult diplomacy? I disagree with the term but I know what you're referring to. I doubt it had any real effect on the relationship. But it did wake the American people up to understand that these people are the enemy, which they were and continue to be and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. It is inexplicable to me how you and the Left think that by talking nicely to Iran and NK you're going to somehow convince them to be nice. It just doesn't work that way. It never has.

To: Alighieri who wrote (520055)	10/12/2009 1:55:32 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1574296

"OK genius...what exactly is/was the benefit of insult diplomacy?" Even Bush himself finally came around to seeing that schoolyard taunts weren't a good idea, especially when you had no way to back them up. Specifically, saying that he'd, "Smoke bin Laden out of his cave" and that he'd "Hunt him down, dead or alive!" We're still waiting, W. It's telling of the maturity of our wingnuts that, to them, they make perfect sense and even seem like the proper course of action for the world's sole remaining superpower!