Military Force vs. Diplomacy
02.03.2014 at 08:16pm
Military Force vs. Diplomacy: One Without the Other? By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Defense One
… some top American diplomats question whether the two – military force vs. diplomacy – can be so easily divorced from one another.
“Diplomacy is not an alternative to military force; it is the use of all elements of U.S. force in a coordinated, cumulative way to achieve our results in other countries,” said former U.S. ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey, a diplomat who spent much of the last decade focused on the Middle East. “I’m not sure the administration has the tradecraft right.” …
