In times of negotiations people forget the actual role that ambassadors are

suppose to play for their country. An ambassador is a political puppet

controlled by the leader of a nation and is suppose to convey only what they
were instructed by their leader. Its frustrating for a committee to listen to an
ambassador blow out a lot of hot air. The thing is they shouldnt be angry at
the ambassador, but at the person instructing the ambassador which most
often is the leader. Its frustrating because it shows how the side trying to
gain some ground runs into a diplomat whos been told to be stubborn. The
west makes this mistake more often because people assume a lie is being
told and being that westerners have a one track mind that doesnt help to
see the other side.
In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis was occurring and Khrushchev was
instructing his diplomats on what to say to prevent every nation who wasnt
aware from knowing what the Soviets were doing in Cuba. The only nation
aware at the time was the United States. Then Khrushchevs Ambassador to
the United States Andrei Gromyko arrived in Washington D.C to talk to
President Kennedy. Kennedy thought Gromyko was lying the whole time they
talked, but actually Gromyko was acting as he was directed by Premier
Khrushchev. Proving political discussions can be deceiving if not followed
correctly. The American politicians were sold Gromyko was lying and what
they werent aware of was Gromyko was doing his job for the Soviets. Premier
Khrushchev was running a political puppet show and his puppets were the
ambassadors who came into western countries saying the missiles would be
for defensive purposes only. Ambassador Gromyko was one of Khrushchevs
puppets that almost convinced the U.S to allow missiles to be kept in Cuba.
The dangers of puppetry politics is that the side listening does not know
whether the person is bluffing or trying to make you believe something thats
not true. North Koreas leader, Irans leader have their puppet politicians tell
the United Nations and the United States that theyll shut down their nuclear
programs. Then once the United States and United Nations along with the
world are sold on that happening, Iran along with North Korea secretly start
up again leaving every non-western nation clueless because all nations from
other parts of the globe only hear that the programs are being halted. Once
the news that the nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea are being halted
hit televisions all over the world then those countries have the cover they
need to hide their work from the world. With that news flashed around no one
will believe anything different than whats been announced. The west knows
whats happening over there, but the puppet shows in the United Nations
have left the world uncertain and has allowed the nations to continue
strengthening their nuclear programs. The puppet shows have distracted
more than just modern day politicians and will be a continued political tactic
that is used.

Puppetry politics cause the opposing side to hear different theories by

different people who are all from the same country who try to create
confusion by choosing a theory that best fits the current situation, but also
puts their nations credibility in jeopardy. Like in 1962 when the United States
knew the truth about the missiles in Cuba, the Soviet Union used their puppet
Ambassador Zorin to try to say that missiles did not even exist in Cuba in the
session of the United Nations. Early in Washington, Ambassador Gromyko had
said to Kennedy that missiles do exist in Cuba for defense only. The Soviet
Unions cover was pulled out from under them and the world did find out
about the missiles. Zorin did not realize that the United States had already
found out about the missiles and that he had been lying to the world which
meant his credibility was long gone.
Politics are all about whos informed the most about each situation. Puppetry
politics is a type of tactic that depends on the close and careful
communication between the diplomat and the leader. In 1962, the Soviet
Union clearly had a break down and proved that political strategy puts a
country at a higher risk to collapse then if everyone sticks to the same
position. Some nations want to be honest to the world and some dont want
to be honest. The truth to that is that Khrushchevs plan could have created a
war and almost succeeded in doing so by him sending in his representatives
to the United States with a story of defense. A lot of top Kennedy
Administration members knew what the score was and knew that the days till
war were becoming shorter. Those lies were becoming sparks and Americans
did not know which one would be the one to ignite everything.
At the end of the day diplomats are dedicated to serving their countries and
take pride in conveying their countries view. An ambassadors job is to
support their leaders position on a situation. Gromyko was supporting
Khrushchev because its not like hes going to go against his countrymen.
Americans are sometimes guilty of using puppet politics and most nations are
at some point. The thing an ambassador is not always going to tell you what
you want to hear, but if you listen to their points without getting frustrated
that can ease the situation already right then and there. Kennedy keeping
himself together when he met with Gromyko even though all that was said
was crap to him avoided early confrontations. Which that is one of the
reasons the crisis in Cuba did not escalate was because to the United States
to did not display any erratic behaviors in front of the Soviets during
negotiations. To that, Puppet politics are just a way of beating around the
bush to hide the truth from the world, but in the end have caused a lot of
chaos in this world. Never should a nation lie to the world and the Cuban
Missile Crisis is a clear example for what happens to those who do so, you
suddenly collapse.