Posted on 06/27/2004 8:43:15 PM PDT by Pikamax
Diplomats Honored For Dissent Envoys Challenged Bush Foreign Policy
By Peter Slevin Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, June 28, 2004; Page A19
Budapest is a long way from Baghdad, but in May 2003, a U.S. Foreign Service officer in the Hungarian capital became convinced that American policy in Iraq was going awry. And he spoke up.
In a cable routed through the State Department's "dissent channel," Keith W. Mines argued a case -- long rejected by the White House -- that the United Nations should be given control over Iraq's political transition.
"There is no value in imposing an American lead if the American lead would be less effective than a U.N. Special Representative," Mines wrote. "At some point, it would seem that the reasons for going it alone in Iraq would be overshadowed by the need to create a viable Iraqi state."
For his willingness to challenge the Bush administration's conventional wisdom, Mines collected an award for "constructive dissent" from the State Department's professional association last week. The citation called his ideas "prescient" and noted that "some have, belatedly, been adopted."
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To H*ll with the Ultimate Nonsense(U.N.)!!!! They(U.N.) should be served with an eviction notice!!!!
YOu've got to be kidding!!!
I can't believe this.
The State Department needs a major cleaning.
Put Rumsfeld in charge.
The State Department undermines our own foreign policy and it gives awards for that! Unbelievable.
This is sick!
Were these the same brilliant diplomats who were demanding that Reagan remove the "tear down this wall!" line from his speech?
Their logic is: "we must not offend our enemies, they may become our enemies and hate us".
But wait! They already ARE our enemies and they already hate us.
But that doesn't seem to sink in -- either that, or they are rooting and actively, knowingly are helping our enemies against us.
And you know the word for that.
Stop B-atching. Dubbya is running the most civil administration ever.
Look at this CIA Mr. Anonymous, who had the CIA approve of his book.
Look at F 9/11.
THESE THINGS WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED UNDER CLINTON.
The FBI would have been snooping into their lives, trying to ruin them, making sure everyone who knew them, employers, landlords, etc., to know they were on the FBI shi*list.
SO STOP B*TCHING THAT WE HAVE MORE FREEDOM TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE GOV'T UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION.
#9. Glad you like it!!!!
some of Utimate Nonsence's(U.N.'s) friends:
http://www.cpusa.org/
http://www.dsausa.org/
DSA's "Progressive Caucas" Links below:
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
The Enemy Within!!!!
Clean out the State Department now. Is Bush going to let these foot-draggers thwart him for the next 4 1/2 years?
Nothing could be 'less effective' than a UN special representative... and we're not 'going it alone in Iraq.'
What a forked-tongued POS.
The State Department will be changed on November 3. As will the CIA, DoJ and other government offices.
This nation is going to see major changes after the election. It is going to get good. Grab the remote, some popcorn, your favorite beverage and enjoy the show.
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