Wdtabor wrote:

In article , Frank writes:


As an example take the "sanctions" imposed on Iraq. Many scoff and say
they didn't work and they are right. But we pretty much guaranteed they
wouldn't work by not pressuring others to support them and turning a blind
eye when we knew they were being violated. In other words, we weren't as
committed to using our economic power as we are now to using our military.
As a result we lost much of our moral high ground.


How, exactly, does one pressure France?

Short of standing on their border and shouting at them in German.

LOL! Thanks for the chuckle....

Pressure in the context above could take many forms, including incentives
for future consideration. Most everyone wants/gets something from us we
could leverage. Of course promoting climates of cooperation among would go
a long way to eliminating the need for pressure.

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Frank....H