“Diplomacy is the art, the science, and the means by which nations, groups, or individuals conduct their affairs, in ways to safeguard their interests and promote their political, economic, cultural or scientific relations, while maintaining peaceful relationships”.
There have been recent attempts at diplomacy in very recent times. The Russia/Ukraine war, for example, diplomats met to reach a peace agreement, (6 months into the war) that President Putin of Russia signed to stop Ukraine from bombing the Ukrainian region of Donbas and ratify Ukraine as a neutral nation. The most important aspect of this agreement was Ukraine would never join the ranks of NATO. The Pigs of War could not stand for such a reasonable and peaceful solution. Boris Johnson, the ‘clown elite’ of British politics, intervened and stopped the peace agreement. We can only speculate as to what the West offered President Zelenski, though as the history of wars has clearly shown, a ton of money was involved. Billions upon billions of dollars.
The US continues to want to give 61 billion more dollars to Ukraine, to stop “Hitler”, and other unsavory lies. For the US and NATO, there has never been a goal stated to end this senseless war. “Stop Putin!” (see State of the Union Address, 2024) That is, it. This of course begs the question: Stop Putin from doing what? Well, according to our genius and acutely aware president Biden, to stop Russia from invading Europe! On the face of this claim, it is utterly absurd.
To gain a cursory explanation of the Russia/Ukraine war, see my review:
Abelow – How the West Brought War to Ukraine – Comment Abelow – How the West Brought War to Ukraine – Comment (substack.com)
Since WWII ended, the US and their allies have been waging war across the planet.
Real diplomacy ended a long time ago.
Now, those running things, believe money and violence, lies and torture, is the only means for our planet. The twisted logic, awkward lies, and the ghastly amount of money to continue the mass killing of millions is nothing less than diabolical.
The world is currently run by psychopaths.
Since a child during the Vietnam War, I knew it was wrong. I lost people and many did so too. Though for what?
When I read Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler's, War is a Racket, these needless wars began to make sense.
See my comment on the book:
The excuses and reasons for war are damn lies.
One of my more favorite quotes from this book:
I spent 33 years in the Marines, most of my time being a high-class muscle man for big business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for Capitalism.
WELL, it's a racket, all right.
A few profit – and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it with disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parlays at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.
Diplomats are swiftly becoming an extinct species.
When the psychopaths in power want war, they get war, and the good works of the diplomat become unnecessary, irrelevant.
Diplomacy is NOT dead.
Bless the peacemakers.