Generally speaking, when diplomacy fails, [[war]]s begin.
Generally speaking, when diplomacy fails, [[war]]s begin.
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==American Diplomacy==
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*During the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]; President Kennedy used diplomacy to defuse the crisis by negotiating a secret trade with the Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba and Turkey. This helped prevent an all-out war. <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/02/10/kennan-diplomacy-war-china-russia/</ref>
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*The cold war came to an end with President Ronald Reagan using diplomacy. As Margaret Thatcher’s words put it "Ronald Reagan had ended the Cold War without firing a shot." <ref>https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/how-ronald-reagan-won-the-cold-war</ref>
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*President Donald Trump meet and shook hands with Kim Jong Un to neutralize the threat of North Korea. <ref>https://nypost.com/2018/06/12/when-trump-met-kim/</ref>