You don’t replace this wealth of knowledge and experience overnight. And the nation will be worse off for it. U.S. diplomats' moral core will be seriously tested.
An Eloquent plea for diplomatic sanity to be remembered, carried within us, and one day, restored to its rightful place— even as this awful menace threatens to bury our proud past. Thank you for putting it into words
Great post from someone who's been there ... thanks, James. William Shirer has been coming to mind more for me lately, as resonances to an earlier regime grow stronger ...
Your comment regarding the McCarthy Era is notable. I just hope that we are able to rebound from this terrible period as well as we did from that era. We are urgently in need of an Edward R Murrow.
An Eloquent plea for diplomatic sanity to be remembered, carried within us, and one day, restored to its rightful place— even as this awful menace threatens to bury our proud past. Thank you for putting it into words
Many thanks. We must all do our part.
Great piece, as usual.
Thank you for remembering the latest RIF victims.
Great post from someone who's been there ... thanks, James. William Shirer has been coming to mind more for me lately, as resonances to an earlier regime grow stronger ...
https://billmoyers.com/content/william-l-shirer-part-one/
This brought me to tears for all that we have lost. Thank you for documenting it and sharing it here. Thank you for your honorable work.
Your comment regarding the McCarthy Era is notable. I just hope that we are able to rebound from this terrible period as well as we did from that era. We are urgently in need of an Edward R Murrow.