Now THIS is the way that diplomacy should be done:
I want to say to you, Mr. Zorin, that I do not have your talent for obfuscation, for distortion, for confusing language, and for doubletalk. And I must confess to you that I am glad that I do not!
But if I understood what you said, you said that my position had changed, that today I was defensive because we did not have the evidence to prove our assertions, that your Government had installed long-range missiles in Cuba.
Well, let me say something to you, Mr. Ambassador—we do have the evidence. We have it, and it is clear and it is incontrovertible. And let me say something else—those weapons must be taken out of Cuba.
Next, let me say to you that, if I understood you, with a trespass on credibility that excels your best, you said that our position had changed since I spoke here the other day because of the pressures of world opinion and the majority of the United Nations. Well, let me say to you, sir, you are wrong again. We have had no pressure from anyone whatsoever. We came in here today to indicate our willingness to discuss Mr. U Thant’s proposals, and that is the only change that has taken place.
But let me also say to you, sir, that there has been a change. You—the Soviet Union has sent these weapons to Cuba. You—the Soviet Union has upset the balance of power in the world. You—the Soviet Union has created this new danger, not the United States.
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https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/adlai.htmIt's a crying rotten shame that 50 years after this historic statement by Stevenson to Zorin in a U.N. statement, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice has the unmitigated gall to perform some of that same obfuscation, deflection, and distortion that Stevenson rightfully accused Zorin of doing.
I am enraged that the criminal in my White House sends his lackeys and minions to lie and distort and subject the entire Nation to ridicule and scorn. OBAMA AND HIS SYCOPHANTS MUST BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
