Posted on 06/14/2018 6:14:43 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
“Ambassador Haley’s diplomacy behind the scenes, in particular with the Chinese ambassador here, as well as the Russian ambassador, made it very, very clear that we were not kidding around,” the official said. “We were literally just one more provocation away from some kind of a military action that would bring great harm to the entire region, and that the threat we perceived from North Korea’s development was no longer theoretical by any means.”
Wachtel said that in refusing “to accept the obstructionist position of her recalcitrant Russian and Chinese counterparts, Ambassador Haley made it clear that the U.S. was prepared to end the North Korean threat on its own if necessary. Team Haley’s tough diplomatic talk with Beijing and Moscow forced a shift in their position, which paved a way for maximum economic pressure on Pyongyang.”
Asked on the effectiveness of Haley’s role in the sanctions regime on North Korea, the French Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador François Delattre, told Fox News that, “Nikki Haley deserves much credit indeed for bringing the Security Council together on the three sets of sanctions on DPRK that were approved last year.”
Another former U.S. U.N. official, Hugh Dugan, who is now a professor at Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations, told Fox News that, “The efficiency of the Security Council in coming to outcomes depends upon the distribution of power among its members, particularly the U.S., Russia, and China; perceptions of each other’s power play a strong role at that poker table. “
He said, “Compared to previous U.S. presidents, Trump’s worldview has engendered much more second-guessing by others of U.S. action. In turn, this has dealt to Ambassador Haley a wider range of hands to play. But the poker face and the bluff were all hers.”
Trump put her in that UN role to do his bidding and she took the job because she’s just another globalist puke who considers the position a stepping stone to greater things. That’s what I’m saying.
Sorry, but the acceptance of obama settled that issue.
That was a mistake. I thought I had it excerpted.
Then we agree.
Reminds me Jeane Kirkpatrick. A bit less gracious.
I'd have voted for Kirkpatrick had she run.
Trump - 'Call my bluff.'
And that is how you play poker kids.
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