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To: Stormweaver who wrote (3719)	4/14/1999 7:23:00 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

<<Thanks, as you know I'm against us being there BUT, if we fully commit (declare war) we all only have one choice but to back this completely and push for it to be done right and quickly. Until that happens I'll keep kicking and screaming against it ;)>> We both share a common ground in this issue. Where I disagree with you is that I believe that what we are doing is right. Where we agree is that how this was implemented was wrong. Id wager that 90% of diplomacy is playing chicken. Some people on this thread seem to think diplomacy involves all parties sitting down over tea and cake and having a nice little chat and then nicely agree to compromise on a solution. Diplomacy is about coming to the table and making the other party believe they have a real and vested interest in settling in the issue. That means holding cards over their head. If NATO would have begun this with a firm resolve to use whatever force was necessary and started a massive build up of forces in the region, Milo may have blinked before a single bomb was dropped. Derek