One of the things that most impressed me when I was in the UAE this past week was the sensible, informed perspective that every single government official I met had. There was no anti-Israel jingoism among government elites, though i can’t say the same about people in the private sector.
This is from a discussion between former Secretary of State James Baker and Anderson Cooper on Wednesday evening, 6 December 2006 on Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees: COOPER: And is it possible that getting the U.S.
Senator Chuck Hagel gave a speech a short time ago at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington titled: “A 21st Century Frame of Reference.
In the buildup to the first Gulf War, President Bush’s father put a lot of pressure on Japan to get involved — preferably with cash to support the U.S. operation.
Bravo to General Wesley Clark for making his way to Dubai for the Arab Strategy Forum taking place here this week. It was fun to see him earlier today make his way quickly across the room to kibitz with former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen who I am traveling with this week in the UAE….
From time to time, I will invite “guest bloggers” to share ideas and proposals that I feel deserve attention. I may not always agree with the respective blogger.
A former diplomat I greatly respect advised me to avoid dwelling on the John Bolton confirmation and to move on to new policy subjects. He wrote: steve — he’s resigned. let it go. . .
I have been 95% sure it was over — but the administration has always tenaciously held on to that 5% chance — just as those who opposed Bolton held their grip as well when the administration “acted” as if it had the Bolton nomination ready to ram through the Senate. It’s over.
I think Donald Rumsfeld is substantially responsible for many of the most vexing problems facing the United States today in the Middle East, but George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney trump him on the accountability front.