History has a habit of repeating itself and this internalization goes back, way back. Former United Nations General Secretary Dr. Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali summed it up best, I quote,
Coming from a developing country, I was trained extensively in international law and diplomacy and mistakenly assumed that the great powers, especially the United States, also trained their representatives in diplomacy and accepted the value of it.
But the Roman Empire had no need of diplomacy. Neither does the United States.
Diplomacy is considered by an imperial power as a waste of time and prestige, and a sign of weakness.
Well said, Dr. Boutros-Ghali, very well-said, indeed.
In closing, keep all this in mind as you scan the headlines. Maybe it is time to dig deeper and start speaking up to set the record straight.
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