Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.

saddened that this president failed so miserably at diplomacy that we're now forced to war.

This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war.