April 30, 2002
IF IT AIN'T BROKE... :
Dear Dubya : FP asks one of America¹s most seasoned former diplomats to rate Bush's foreign policy. (Morton Abramowitz, May/June 2002, Foreign Policy)Dear Mr. President: Since you and Secretary of State Colin Powell have not shown a great deal of interest in providing the United States and the world with a reasonably comprehensive statement on foreign policy that transcends the issue of counterterrorism, allow me to offer some help. First of all, after a somewhat rocky start, your achievements on the foreign policy front have been quite impressive post-September 11...
Allow me to paraphrase : our foreign policy has been successful precisely because President Bush has been acting unilaterally and not behaving like a diplomat, but here's how a dimplomat would do it instead. Posted by Orrin Judd at April 30, 2002 6:36 AM