During policy negotiations and diplomatic discussions with other countries, the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad was famous for plying the other side with endless drinks of tea. The first person to get up to go to the bathroom, however, was considered weak -- and no one wanted to appear that way during important talks. Thus he applied the psychological pressure. James Baker labelled this 'bladder diplomacy.'
Wonder how George W. Bush would have done under the circumstances?
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