[Fenris6]

"The organiser of the American missive, Andrew Killgore, who served as US ambassador to Qatar from 1977 to 1980"

The Carter years. Sigh. Are these "diplomats" all appointees of Democrat administrations?

I'd be curoius to hear their explanation of why _diplomacy_ failed at the UN. 12 years of useless condemnations of Iraq. A corrupt oil for food program. France & Russia playing ego games in the war on terror, etc.

Perhaps these "diplomats" are discouraged that the Munich Waltz didn't make a comeback...

[fdsa2]

Must say I am not that surprised - IMHO this is an expression of the eternal and universal battle between civil servants and politicians.

[rrrod]

So the cheese and whine set doesnt like GWB...all the more reason to vote for him!

[kcvl]

Since his retirement in 1980 from the U.S. foreign service he has served as president of the Musa Alami boys town foundation of Jericho, board member of American Near East Refugee Aid, and co-founder and board member for one year of the Council for the National Interest in Washington DC.

Since he co-founded the American Educational Trust in 1982 its magazine, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, has received an award from the national Association of Arab Americans (NAAA) in 1993. For his work as its publisher, Ambassador Killgore has received awards from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) in 1992, from the Council for the National Interest (CNI) and Partners for Peace in 1993, from the United Muslims of America and the Islamic Association for Palestine in North America in 1994, and from the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and the Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine in 1995.