Diplomacy was not invented to communicate with our friends, but to communicate with our adversaries.
That is how the major wars in our history have ended. Adversaries talking to one another and coming up with an agreement to end the fighting and the killing. This is known as diplomacy.
Our President greeted an adversary last week and we still haven't heard the end of it.
Politico reports, "Upon Biden’s arrival at Al Salam Royal Palace, where he was scheduled to participate in a meeting with the king, the crown prince was on hand to greet the president as he stepped out of his vehicle.
Biden and bin Salman then fist-bumped one another before walking inside.
"The exchange prompted immediate backlash from human rights activists who criticized Biden for offering what they called too-friendly of a greeting to the crown prince. The president also received criticism from Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan, who called the fist bump “shameful.'"
Fred is unaware of the meaning of diplomacy.
Immediate backlash? The former President sponsored and, perhaps, led a coup attempt on Jan. 6, 2021, to overthrow our elected government.
Where is the backlash to that?
A fist pump vs. the first ever coup attempt in American history, the former receives an "immediate backlash," the latter, a ho-hum. The coup attempt is low on the list of priorities for voters.
The former President is the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 2024, and his party is likely to win Congress in November.
Americans have their priorities screwed up.
Politico continued, "A reporter asked whether he can be sure a murder like Khashoggi’s won’t happen again. Biden responded: “God love you. What a silly question. How can I possibly be sure of any of that?”
I like this President.
Incidentally, our relations with Saudi Arabia are complicated. It can be argued that Saudi Arabia is more of a friend than Turkey.
Turkey is a member of NATO.