Teeth --- The story here is, clearly (in my opinion) that music does not exist without instruments (particularly if one takes voice/sound to be an instrument, which artists do) and the author equates that with diplomacy not existing without arms. He implies that diplomacy without teeth (i.e. the backing of arms) is a useless endeavor, because it lacks persuasiveness. I could, of course, counter this point with so many arguments, but that is something for another time as it was not requested in this exercise.

Source author: Christian Peter Clay Mendoza cclay@sre.gob.mx