[Dick Holmes]

Richard Haass is president of the Council on Foreign Relations. Until June 2003, Richard Haass was director of policy planning for the U.S. Department of State, where he was a principal adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell on a broad range of foreign policy concerns. Confirmed by the U.S. Senate to hold the rank of ambassador, Haass served as U.S. coordinator for policy toward the future of Afghanistan and was the lead U.S. government official in support of the Northern Ireland peace process. For his efforts, he received the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award.

[rlmorel]

"...The first mistake would be an overreliance on use of military force..."

There. That is what I am SURE he REALLY meant to say.

[photodawg]

U.S. policymakers need to avoid two mistakes, while seizing two opportunities. The first mistake would be an overreliance on military force. As the United States has learned to its great cost in Iraq -- and Israel has in Lebanon -- military force is no panacea....

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No wonder he got the State Dept. award. He sounds like the United Nations, poster boy. Our mistake is not enough reliance on military force.

[Modok]

Haass lack sufficient testosterone to stand upright and kill the enemy.

[larryjohnson]

Digesting