Comments on: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Dick Holbrooke: Now More Than Ever http://washingtonindependent.com/20200/us-ambassador-to-iraq-dick-holbrooke-now-more-than-ever National News in Context Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:09:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kitesurf http://washingtonindependent.com/20200/us-ambassador-to-iraq-dick-holbrooke-now-more-than-ever/comment-page-1#comment-37274 kitesurf Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:36:43 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=20200#comment-37274 It's indeed a horrible choice, I am strongly against it. It's indeed a horrible choice, I am strongly against it.

]]> By: kitesurf http://washingtonindependent.com/20200/us-ambassador-to-iraq-dick-holbrooke-now-more-than-ever/comment-page-1#comment-18616 kitesurf Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:36:43 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=20200#comment-18616 It's indeed a horrible choice, I am strongly against it. It's indeed a horrible choice, I am strongly against it.

]]> By: Paul http://washingtonindependent.com/20200/us-ambassador-to-iraq-dick-holbrooke-now-more-than-ever/comment-page-1#comment-15279 Paul Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:22:54 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=20200#comment-15279 What a horrible choice.<br><br>I cannot stand this man, and his zillion dollar ski lodge in Telluride, and his smug, arrogant demeanor. What a horrible choice.

I cannot stand this man, and his zillion dollar ski lodge in Telluride, and his smug, arrogant demeanor.

]]> By: John Service http://washingtonindependent.com/20200/us-ambassador-to-iraq-dick-holbrooke-now-more-than-ever/comment-page-1#comment-13398 John Service Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:07:44 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=20200#comment-13398 I think the U.S. State Department and U.S. Foreign Policy would have been better off if Dick Holbrooke and not Robert Frasure died on the Igman mountain near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on August 19, 1995. Frasure died in a road accident while on a mission to negotiate a U.S. proposal to end the conflict in Bosnia. They were forced to take a dangerous road because the Sebs had blocked the main route AND Holbrooke insisted on driving in that minute instead of waiting for a safe passage. We would have seen the rise of Christopher Hill earlier and Robert Frasure, a great man and a career diplomat (not a political appointee like Holbrooke) would have got his due. No talented person wants to work for such an insufferable ass like Dick Holbrooke, especially one that hogs all the credit and kisses up and kicks down. Clinton should know better by now that jerks like Mark Penn and Holbrooke drag your whole staff, and ultimately, your own operation, down. I think the U.S. State Department and U.S. Foreign Policy would have been better off if Dick Holbrooke and not Robert Frasure died on the Igman mountain near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on August 19, 1995. Frasure died in a road accident while on a mission to negotiate a U.S. proposal to end the conflict in Bosnia. They were forced to take a dangerous road because the Sebs had blocked the main route AND Holbrooke insisted on driving in that minute instead of waiting for a safe passage. We would have seen the rise of Christopher Hill earlier and Robert Frasure, a great man and a career diplomat (not a political appointee like Holbrooke) would have got his due. No talented person wants to work for such an insufferable ass like Dick Holbrooke, especially one that hogs all the credit and kisses up and kicks down. Clinton should know better by now that jerks like Mark Penn and Holbrooke drag your whole staff, and ultimately, your own operation, down.

]]> By: cubanexile http://washingtonindependent.com/20200/us-ambassador-to-iraq-dick-holbrooke-now-more-than-ever/comment-page-1#comment-13107 cubanexile Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:44:06 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=20200#comment-13107 Boy, you are really an apologist for the establishment, aren't you? I thought this site was outside the Washington mainstream, an alternative news source for those fed up with seeing the same faces over and over. I don't think I'll bother coming here anymore. I can get the same tired perspective from the establishment press. Boy, you are really an apologist for the establishment, aren't you? I thought this site was outside the Washington mainstream, an alternative news source for those fed up with seeing the same faces over and over. I don't think I'll bother coming here anymore. I can get the same tired perspective from the establishment press.

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