I said in another thread, in BN . . . if you "reach out and touch someone" with a .50 BMG round, I'm all for it.
Actually I was talking about the art of diplomacy, not the direct application of force to stubborn and annoying problems (Which is not to be discounted, but it's usually much too expensive a choice for a first option).
Diplomacy, when very well-done is the art of getting something for nothing, but when at least competently-done means not giving up anything important, while keeping one's own options wide open. Sadly, the Kenyan-American's Adminstration, with Helpful Hillary running the State Department, seems to be falling far, far below the standard of simple competence here.
