Dawdling Diplomacy Emboldens Terrorists - Forward.

"At this stage of history, it has fallen to the United States to maintain the order of world civilization. According to Henry Kissinger's classic work 'Diplomacy,' such leadership is consistent with the rules of international relations. In every century in the modern era, Kissinger claims, one nation has emerged to put its stamp on world statecraft. 'Almost as if according to some natural law,' he writes, 'in every century there seems to emerge a country with the power, the will, and the intellectual and moral impetus to shape the entire international system in accordance with its own values.' "