To: 
From: "Vern Humphrey" 
Reply-To: r_catholic-l{at}yahoogroups.com

To Michael D Brazier [mailto:mdbrazier{at}juno.com]
> >
> > A real estate broker, maybe.  But in international affairs, a broker
> > can use a lot of leverage to achieve peace, and the United States has
> > unparalleled leverage.
>
> Someone with "unparalleled leverage" is not a broker. 
"Using a lot of
> leverage to achieve peace" is not the act of a broker.  That's the point.
> You are suggesting, in plain language, that the US force a peace. A
> mere broker, by definition, cannot _force_ anything.

A broker in the international arena isn't like a real estate broker.
>
> The role you want the US to assume is a judge's.  Call it a
"broker's",
> and you deceive yourself.

No.  You want to assume the role of a judge, and a partisan.

Read something about international relations and strategy.
>
> > > If even _one_ party wants war to the knife, an honest broker
> > > must say so, even though that will end negotiations.
> >
> > You really don't understand international relations or strategy, do
> > you?
>
> When you can't tell the difference between a negotiated settlement
> and an imposed one, how can _you_ claim to understand strategy
> or international relations?
>
How do you get the idea that this is an imposed settlement?  You seem to
like to pin lables on things, then attack the labels.

You really need to read more.
>


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