Notes a Defense Department official familiar with the Iraqi opposition groups: "Many top officials at State don't want to go to war in Iraq. State knew the politics of the situation, yet they excluded the group backed by Turkey right as the Turkish parliament was voting on the resolution. It makes you wonder: Is State trying to undermine the president?"
This is an extremely serious charge that calls into question the entire civil service system. An administration can move career civil servants who support them into positions from which they wield serious influence.
Perhaps some of those positions should be reviewed and transitioned to political appointments.