all_i_see@lemy.lol to World News@quokk.au · 17 days agoPope Leo decries European military spending as 'betrayal' of diplomacywww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down11
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkPope Leo decries European military spending as 'betrayal' of diplomacywww.reuters.comall_i_see@lemy.lol to World News@quokk.au · 17 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·17 days agoYou can’t be diplomatic when a powerful madman wants to take all of your things. You have to act. Reason does not work in unreasonable situations.
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoI would argue you can ONLY be diplomatic if you are in a position to defend yourself from an enemy. Nobody is going to negotiate with a non-threat
You can’t be diplomatic when a powerful madman wants to take all of your things. You have to act. Reason does not work in unreasonable situations.
I would argue you can ONLY be diplomatic if you are in a position to defend yourself from an enemy. Nobody is going to negotiate with a non-threat