Reply #8: Fascinating article

[karynnj]

Trying to figure out where all the people are coming from here is both fascinating and hurts my head. It seems that the article is mainly sourced from State department people. But, there is enough editorializing around the Clinton people's comments that what comes through is that Kerry is "perfectly happy to work with them when the interests of our country are on the line—when there's a policy we're mutually in agreement on." and that he more successful in that troubled country than anyone else.

The negative comments are pretty obvious - if he were NOT calling the State department so often, they would be screaming that he was going over Hillary's head (with or without) Obama's approval.

On Pakistan, it seems clear that the ambassador really blew it on the Davis case. It is appalling that it took 10 days before ANY US representative expressed any remourse over the killings. (Me - I am still wondering if the CIA team that Davis was involved with had anything to do with tracking OBL or if the calls in Pakistan against US CIA acting freely were tempered at all by Kerry's visit - possibly having some importance in getting OBL) That Holbrooke, with his known ego, pulled Kerry - possibly because he himself was ineffectual due to their dislike of him- reflects well on both Holbrooke and Kerry.