“I am an angel who doesn’t belong in this hell,” Gabrielle hissed, eyes aglow.
Azazel was unmoved. “Orders from Above.”
“Diplomacy in action,” she smirked, the glow now blinding. The nearby damned fled.
“She’s going nuclear!”
She vanished, taking all light and heat with her.
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The right thing to do to secure these rights. Expand their industry. It would bring them billions in revenue for them.
At the cost of freedom in those areas. The families that built their livelihoods. No, this isn't diplomacy in action. It's exploitation disguised as it.
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"Have you ever seen diplomacy in action, young man?" Granny adjusted her glasses.
I shook my head, "Only in those historical films you have."
"It is a bygone era now. I haven't seen it since I was a teenager. These new presidents," she spat, "have preferred the military option."
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“There Mr. Prime Minister, was that so hard?”
Shaky hands dropped the pen now that the deed was done but couldn’t stop the fear induced movement.
The click indicated the gun was no longer cocked and danger averted.
“Welcome to the United States of America.”
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The two men faced off against each other, neither saying a word.
The assistants sat at the side of the room." Diplomacy in action huh?" Eric sighed.
"How long can they keep this up you think?"
"Weeks."
She smiled. "Barely know we're here... care for a stroll around the grounds?"
"Delightful."
"How about this?" Jin suggested. "You can beat Caesar's ass however you're stuck in Japan. I hate him, you hate him. So, why not help me kick his ass?"
"You Americans and your ass kicking." Akane chuckled. "I'm in." Both shook hands establishing diplomacy in action. "We'll start tomorrow." #hbp78
I push open the plastic abattoir door.
‘After you’ I say.
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She stood slowly, fangs dripping gore, and her eyes darted wildly around the room.
I grabbed her arm, swiveled so our backs pressed together, and pulled my father's sword from aether. "Vampire diplomacy in action, eh?"
I felt her shrug. "I suppose? I'm making it up as I go."
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I am rather of the faction
That diplomacy inaction
Is diplomacy in action.
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Money over fist.
It was as true in the times of MI:6 as much as it was true now; state actors protected dangerous men with too much power, hence the need for more noble espionage.
He dusted his suit and fancied himelf Bond as he entered the den of vipers, preparing to put diplomacy in action.
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He didn't say what he meant. He couldn't. It was disingenuous, but sometimes, that was the only way to put diplomacy in action. #hbp78
Ambassadors & envoys shaking hands, exchanging courtesies, laughing at stale small talk jokes. Later, in lamp lit offices, memos are scribbled, notes are passed to associates in shadows. Problems are solved, troublemakers are taken care of. Hands are washed.
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He slid the contract my way, a steely glint in his elven eyes. "From the sea to the Floating Mountain will be ours again. In exchange, we will return your daughter."
I held back the instinct to spit in his face, and reluctantly signed the parchment. "May the land never bear crops" I cursed.
"You're calling this farce, diplomacy in action? You're out of your mind!" He writhed in pain as blood trickled down his arm, his bloody signature smeared across the paper.
She dipped a long fingernail into his wound and signed her name beside his.
"I'm actually someone nice, you know."
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The factory floor rumbled as the union rep walked into the conference room, grease-stained and resolute.
“Diplomacy in action,” the manager sneered, sliding a weak offer across the table.
The rep smirked, holding up the strike vote results. “Diplomacy’s over. Welcome to revolution.”
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Politics
Diplomacy in action
Must like the feeling
Of a knife shoved
In between shoulders
Wishy washy smiles
Country folk
Can see the fake mess
For a country mile
Employees know
Blowing smoke
As they talk amongst themselves
Why even bother
Plastic masks
Over plastic smiles
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Photo: Closeup of a handshake between two people dressed in business attire. Source: Amtec Photos, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. (http://www.amtec.us.com/).
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