In the economic and diplomatic sphere as well, we see this failure.
[Page 14] LOW U.S. PROFILE -- In the diplomatic sphere and out on patrol, Americans are trying to lower their profiles in Iraq, with mixed results.
Speaking at a gathering of members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Islamic republic's supreme leader declared, "We are not against proper and rational diplomatic moves, be it in the diplomatic sphere, or the sphere of domestic politics".
Turkey did not resist, but Russia, incensed by such independence of action in its diplomatic sphere of influence, refused to approve, and Tsar Alexander III ordered the withdrawal of all Russian officers and advisers from the Bulgarian army.
A Green Movement activist who served time in prison after the 2009 protests remarked on an adjoining passage in this week's speech in which the ayatollah said, "The diplomatic sphere is a realm of smiles.
President Bush's consistent incompetence in the diplomatic sphere has made it unlikely that the rift with Western Europe -- the most important ally the United States has -- will close any time soon.
The biggest changes have been in the diplomatic sphere, where Cuba strengthened ties with the Vatican and signed a historic accord with the United States to ease half a century of cold war tension.
During the Second World War, Sikorski became Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces, and a vigorous advocate of the Polish cause in the diplomatic sphere.
"They are extorting us in the diplomatic, political sphere," he said.
