[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Diplomats always believe everything can be resolved through negotiations: meetings, meetings, more meeting, a press statement, and still more meetings. For the State Department mind, there is no difference between inertia and resolution. Fanatics taking action to bring about the things that they say and believe is just too crude and unwashed...

Ping to wisdom. Well said mojito!

[Cecily]

“Diplomats always believe everything can be resolved through negotiations: meetings, meetings, more meeting, a press statement, and still more meetings. For the State Department mind, there is no difference between inertia and resolution.”

Don’t forget the boondoggles, summits, conferences, and fact-finding junkets. Those accomplish a lot (of nothing) too.