[Magdalen] signs of hope

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I don't know why the content went away from the other site, but I am glad
the diplopundit site (dot net -- NOT dot com) is still carrying it.

The whole flavor of this chain of events strongly suggests that the
replacement of top diplomatic officials was done in an amateurish, slipshod
fashion. It is this sudden do-it-now attitude which caused the incredibly
stupid, stupid, stupid disaster of the travel ban. No thought was given to
actual consequences of actions.  Sadly, I think we can continue to look
forward to a lot of hasty, unthinking and, yes, stupid decisions, all of
which will just make the Rump putative administration less and less able to
govern. Nobody will trust them to know what they are doing, and it is a
reasonable conclusion, based on their clumsiness.

It is almost to the point where it is becoming wrong to accuse them of
lying, since one can well say that such activity requires a cetain level of
technical expertise which the trumpists transparently lack.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 7:04 AM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> On 08/02/2017 23:51, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
>
>> Link took me to the site, but says the page is not found....
>>
>
> I googled and found it at https://diplopundit.net/2017/0
> 2/02/tom-countrymans-farewell-a-diplomats-love-letter-to-america/ or
> http://tinyurl.com/jynw65y
>
> It is a splendid reminder of the highest commitment to public service and
> a tribute to those who serve their country as career diplomats.
>
> Roger
>