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Ali G Asks The Tough Questions Of James Baker
A must-see for all foreign policy watchers.
One Response to “Ali G Asks The Tough Questions Of James Baker”
Jeb, thanks, I nearly went belly up.
I was reading through Baker’s The Politics of Diplomacy last week, his memoirs of 1995. He writes in that book that it would have been “nonsensical” to enter Baghdad and oust Saddam Hussie from power, in retrospect. Read pp. 435-438.
His opening chapter is entitled ‘The Day the Cold War Ended’. We seem to be embarking on a few cold wars these days, without serious peacemaking missions, committment, and diplomatic credibility. I believe it would not hurt to have an active and authoritative diplomat as Baker for Sect. of State. We have been missing direction for quite a long time. More than this, it would require a more intelligent and reflective person to tackle “the trouble times in which we live” according to V. Plame Wilson.