Leverage key to workable diplomacy
The Saturday Chattanooga Times editorial demonizing Sen. Corker is yet another example of obtuse progressive propaganda la Saul Alinsky.
The centerpiece of your inane argument poses a false choice – “war vs. diplomacy.” Diplomacy only works under the threat of substantial financial or physical sanctions.
As a student of history, I know of no adversarial international political intercourse where diplomacy has ever been effective without palpable leverage. War is not a potential alternative. Like the tango, it takes two able counterparts to engage in it.
There is no country or coalition of countries on earth militarily capable of waging war against the United States. Proffering the threat of war is a ridiculous lie.