But I don't know if that qualifies anyone to become a Secretary of State.
For that matter, when I look at Madeleine Albright's vita, I see pretty much the same thing, except that instead of rising through the ranks of the military, she rose through the ranks of the foreign policy establishment as a foreign policy clone.
I've just about finished reading Edward Luttwak's "Turbo-Capitalism" (because the coworker with whom I drive to work insisted on listening to Thomas Friedman's book on tape of "The Lexus and the Olive Tree'" -- blagh...yuppie blather). I think Luttwak is much more qualified than either of the two.
By the way, has Jeanne Kirkpatrick kicked the bucket yet?
Peter Kosenko
> > Major Powell undertook the assignment to review Glen's letter, but did so
> > without questioning Glen or assigning anyone else to talk with him. Powell
> > simply accepted a claim from Glen's superior officer that Glen was not close
> > enough to the front lines to know what he was writing about, an assertion
> > Glen denies.
> >
> > After that cursory investigation, Powell drafted a response on Dec. 13,
> > 1968. He admitted to no pattern of wrongdoing. Powell claimed that U.S.
> > soldiers in Vietnam were taught to treat Vietnamese courteously and
> > respectfully. The American troops also had gone through an hour-long course
> > on how to treat prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions, Powell noted.
> >
> > "There may be isolated cases of mistreatment of civilians and POWs," Powell
> > wrote in 1968. But "this by no means reflects the general attitude
> > throughout the Division." Indeed, Powell's memo faulted Glen for not
> > complaining earlier and for failing to be more specific in his letter.
> >
Etcetera
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