Thank you for the perspective. The stories painting Holbrooke as some kind of diplomatic martyr were starting to grate on me. Good qualities he probably had-but the man was no peacemaker.
Finally a military figure (and a Canadian one at that) who has the guts to tell the truth about Holbrooke.
This should be expanded into a major news story/article and distributed around the world.
Wow! I thought that after 40 years in the journalism field re Vietnam, etc., I had heard everything to be said about Holbrooke but I’m glad I was wrong.
What else does the General know that we should know about Bosnia, Kosovo, etc.?
vaudine
Finally!
I'm glad to hear a general put it like that. Using NATO to invade a sovereign country to settle an internal dispute set a precedent and a very ugly and dangerous one. It is not ridiculous to think that one day NATO will send in troops to deal with the problem on our border with Mexico.
Paging Michael Barone, Mr. Barone please pick up!
Holbrooke Thought Highly of Himself, for Good Reason
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2643430/posts
That people die because of stupid mistakes and ego trips made by petty Little People running their own agendas, makes me sick to my stomach.
I had the pleasure of hearing Gen. McKenzie speak a number of years ago. Two stories he told stuck with me.
1. When in the Balkans, his orders where to not have his troops return hostile fire unless he got permission from some NATO or UN beaurocrat in NYC. He urgently needed this permission, had to track the guy down at some cocktail party, whereupon the guy didn’t even know who he was.
2. The second story involved the Queen of England and totally changed my perception of her. Apparently the Queen was fully up to speed in reading his top secret NATO reports. She asked for a private meeting the next time he was in London. They met wherein she quizzed him on what was going on in the Balkans. It surprised me she was so interested/involved in the goings on in the world.
All in all, I thought he was a candid common sense guy.
Holbrooke was always Hillary’s tool - right up to the day he died in a meeting with her.
Thousands and thousands and thousands of utterly unnecessary dead as a result of the paranoid, megalomaniacal schemes of these psychopathic screwups.
When will people learn?
Excellent assessment, by one of America’s finest.
Yes, I knew that...thank you so much for posting it.
(( ping ))
a Freeper nailed it when he commenetd that Holbrooke spent his diplomatic career making sure the US would not win a war
Good for General McKenzie to go on the record. I have always respected his history, experience and knowledge. I did not know that it was Holbrooke who started the rumor about the 911 terrorists entering through Canada, but I have always considered him to be slime.
There is a reason that he was not part of the GWB ‘diplomatic’ corps.
The stain and damage of these 60’s liberals will continue to add to our decline and demise.
May Holbooke burn in hell.
Finally.
Balkans ping!
He’s in the league of Strobe Talbott.. now answerable to his maker
Let Assholebrooke rot, he did enough damage while he was alive. Piss be unto him.