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"But speaking of America's orally-fixated ex-president, the Clinton presidency unadmirably demonstrates all the wishful thinking, procrastination and irresponsibility involved in depending on diplomats to "negotiate" the pages and pages of high-fallutin' hot air called "international agreements" these days, as well as the dire consequences of such foreign-policy sophistry.

Yup.

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So under the inept foreign-policy reign of Bill Clinton, we had the much-ballyhooed negotiated agreements for "peace" in the Middle East, Northern Ireland and the Korean peninsula. And of course, as we know now, all these negotiated settlements totally unravelled, along with a lot of Nobel Peace Prize-winning diplomatic sleight of hand.

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The bottom line? Bill Clinton obsequiously deferred to the vociferous "negotiate a treaty" crowd and indeed gave peace a chance. And now we're a lot closer to war in the Middle East, sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, a nuclear conflagration in the Korean peninsula, and -- the bonus prize! -- decimation of Hawaii and Alaska by nuclear-tipped long-range missiles launched from Pyongyang.

So much for the lofty "peace in our time" diplomatic rhertoric of weak-kneed internationalists such as Bill Clinton (and Jimmy Carter). So much for the healing powers of engagement, negotiation and international diplomacy.

Thanks to such futile "peacemaking" efforts, the world is simply a more dangerous place.