Daily Inspiration Quote by Donald Evans

Diplomacy often sounds like a compliment wrapped around a spreadsheet, and Donald Evans gives you the pure, uncut version. The sentence is engineered to project warmth while keeping every real commitment safely offstage. Notice the careful hedging: “begin negotiating” is a promise to talk, not a promise to do. Even “can’t tell you how pleased we are” performs enthusiasm without offering a single concrete concession, timeline, or outcome. It’s feel-good language built for cameras and communiques, not for binders and bargaining tables.

The intent is twofold. Publicly, it’s reassurance: Morocco is being seen, elevated, treated as a partner. Privately, it’s leverage-setting: by framing Morocco as “one of the countries” on Washington’s list, Evans signals that access to the U.S. market is a prize dispensed selectively, contingent on alignment and reform. Free trade agreements aren’t just economic instruments; they’re geopolitical architecture. In the early 2000s, the U.S. used bilateral FTAs to lock in allies, standardize rules, and project influence in strategically important regions, including North Africa.

The subtext is hierarchy disguised as camaraderie. “Our country” appears twice, possessive and centered, while Morocco is cast as the chosen recipient of negotiations rather than an equal initiator. The repetition and polite vagueness do the job of smoothing asymmetry: it sounds like partnership, but it reads like gatekeeping. That’s how bureaucratic optimism works - maximum cordiality, minimum liability.