"What we need is diplomacy backed by force."

There we have relied on diplomacy backed by power - the threat of the use of force.

And she secured their backing, American officials said, for the strategy of "intensive diplomacy backed by a robust military presence."

We have to make up for it with diplomacy backed by a hint of steel.

"Fourteen months ago, when Milosevic started this crisis, our policy was one of diplomacy backed by force," Talbott argued last weekend.

"I went out there to seek support for our policy, which is intensive diplomacy backed by military force."

History shows that diplomacy, backed by deterrence, can achieve results without firing a single shot.

It is my hope that through forceful diplomacy, backed by clear resolve, we can avoid war.

Empires survive when they understand that diplomacy, backed by force, is always to be preferred to force alone.

But the Haiti operation, at least so far, is an admirable example of how diplomacy backed by power can succeed.