Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Jack Hunter
“In her convention acceptance speech, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris slammed Donald Trump for his diplomatic efforts in his first term. ‘I will not cozy up to tyrants and dictators like Kim Jong-un, who are rooting for Trump,’ Harris claimed. ‘Because they know he is easy to manipulate with flattery and favors.’ ‘They know Trump won’t hold autocrats accountable — because he wants to be an autocrat,’ she added. It was neoconservatism 101. When Winston Churchill famously said that ‘To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war,’ he clearly meant that talking was preferable to armed conflict. Neocons have long held the opposite view: Diplomacy could prevent war, their primary goal, so better to avoid it. A tried and true method in preventing diplomacy is to accuse anyone who wants it of siding with America’s enemies. Just ask Barack Obama.” (08/26/24)