Rebecca Tinsley: Why we must replace our diplomats with poker players
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/rebecca-tinsley/why-we-must-replace-our-d_b_927266.html
It is a cliché that people in positions of power lie. And powerful people believe the lies others tell them because it serves their own agenda, or it is less effort in the short-term to accept falsehood. But when our politicians believe powerful foreign liars with a track record of lying, bad things, like the Second World War, can happen.
I'm all for it. Why is Doc Holliday never around when you really need him?
It is a cliché that people in positions of power lie. And powerful people believe the lies others tell them because it serves their own agenda, or it is less effort in the short-term to accept falsehood. But when our politicians believe powerful foreign liars with a track record of lying, bad things, like the Second World War, can happen.
I'm all for it. Why is Doc Holliday never around when you really need him?