Khalilzad to U.N. Ambassador, Crocker to Iraq
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Friday, January 5, 2007
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U.S. ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad is going to be nominated to replace John Bolton as U.N. ambassador and Ryan Crocker, currently the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, will be nominated to replace Khalilzad in Baghdad later today.
This continues a significant shake-up of the foreign policy staff including the replacement of Don Rumsfeld with Bob Gates at Defense, the shift of John Negroponte from DNI the number two slot at State, and a reshuffling of the senior military commanders in Iraq. Whether any substantive policy changes will follow, however, is unclear.
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the CENTCOM job should be was shaped by Norman Schwartzkopf in Desert Storm. Perhaps what we need now, though, is more akin to Dwight Eisenhower’s role in World War II. Juan Cole is quite enthusiastic about this change, combined with the move of Khalilzad to the UN and Crocker to Iraq, headlining his post “The professionals take charge.†His conclusion is perhaps the most optimistic thing I’ve ever read on his site: “If the US in Iraq can possibly have a soft landing, these are the individuals who can pull it off. It is a
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Oooohh, Rep Goode from Virginia must be just seething at that…
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Bremer, Cheney, Rumsfeld were Larry/Curly/Moe when it came to nation-building. Petraeus is terrific. Crocker is excellent, Zal will be great at the UN.
Going back to first base, Rumsfeld’s overweening arrogance in throwing out Gen. Garner and the Arabist team at the start and giving the nod to Bremer/Khalilzad [Bremer refused to work with Zal & got him booted] started the string of disasters that the clueless “Decider” still doesn’t understand.
I hope Rummy gets nabbed in Germany, not for war crimes, but for arrogant stupidity.
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