Foreign Policy News and Commentary Update November 7, 2007

US FOCUS ON 'TERROR WAR' SINKS IMAGE TO ALL-TIME LOW: REPORT AFP (RAW STORY, NOVEMBER 6): . "America's reputation, standing and influence are at all-time lows, and possibly sinking further," the report by a 20-member think-tank commissioned by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said, citing half a dozen opinion polls from around the world. The commission urged more commitment to global development, more equitable global trade talks, a revitalized public diplomacy effort under which "every US citizen serves as a diplomat", and greater investment in education to ensure the United States does not fall back from the cutting edge of science and technology. http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_focus_on_terror_war_sinks_image__11062007.html
REPORT AT
http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4156/type,1/


SCAPEGOATING US DIPLOMATS FOR FAILURES IN IRAQ? WILLIAM FISHER (HUFFINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 7): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-fisher/scapegoating-us-diplomats_b_71637.html

STATE DEPT. BLOG: STATE EMPLOYEES ARE WIMPS - JOSHUA KEATING (PASSPORT, FOREIGN POLICY, NOVEMBER 7): http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/6941
SEE ALSO
http://wonkette.com/politics/diplomacy/dipnote-you-pussy-diplomats-the-anbar-party-dont-never-stop-320104.php

A NEW REALISM FOR A NEW CENTURY: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BILL RICHARDSON OUTLINES HIS FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA - BILL RICHARDSON (NATIONAL INTEREST ON LINE, NOVEMBER 7): http://www.nationalinterest.org/PrinterFriendly.aspx?id=16086


LOW APPROVAL FROM ABROAD EDITORIAL (COURANT.COM, NOVEMBER 8): A government accused of invading other countries, mistreating prisoners of war and abrogating international arms treaties shouldn't expect good press abroad.
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-hughes.artnov08,0,7762535,print.story

SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS - ALBERTO MORA AND JOHN SHATTUCK (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 6): The question of whether waterboarding constitutes torture is a no-brainer. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/05/AR2007110501594_pf.html

PICKING UP AFTER FAILED WAR ON TERROR: BUSH'S CAMPAIGN TO WIPE OUT TERRORISM IS A COSTLY MESS. HERE ARE FIVE STEPS TO MOVE ON - ANDREW J. BACEVICH (LOS ANGELES TIMES, NOVEMBER 6): http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-bacevich6nov06,0,7058482.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail

STATE SEEKS $1.5 BILLION FOR IRAQ - ASSOCIATED PRESS (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 7): http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-State-Iraq-Security.html?pagewanted=print

ENVOYS AT ODDS OVER IRAQ SERVICE - NICHOLAS KRALEV (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 6): http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071106/FOREIGN/111060060/1001&template=printart

HALFHEARTED AT STATE? - JOHN E. CAREY (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 7): http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071107/COMMENTARY/111070008/1012&template=printart

SHAME ON THE RECALCITRANT DIPLOMATS STEVE PFISTER, ALEXANDRIA (LETTER TO THE EDITOR, WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 5): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/04/AR2007110401275_pf.html

OF DIPLOMATS AND MEN: DO FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS IN WASHINGTON FEEL NO SENSE OF SOLIDARITY WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES IN BAGHDAD? - WILLIAM KRISTOL AND DEAN BARNETT (WEEKLY STANDARD, NOVEMBER 12): http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=14307&R=115C3EF9

IRAQ IS NOT VIETNAM AND THE PRTS ARE NOT CORDS PATRICIA H. KUSHLIS (WHIRLED VIEW, NOVEMBER 7): http://whirledview.typepad.com/whirledview/2007/11/iraq-is-not-vie.html

2007 IS DEADLIEST YEAR FOR US IN IRAQ - LAUREN FRAYER, ASSOCIATED PRESS (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 6):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110600292.html?hpid=moreheadlines

IRAQ TAUGHT US NOTHING: THE U.S. ESTABLISHMENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF A POSSIBLE WAR WITH IRAN SHOWS THAT THE FOLLY THAT LED TO IRAQ STILL RULES WASHINGTON - GARY KAMIYA (SALON, NOVEMBER 6)
http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/11/06/iran_war/

EXPECT NO WORLD WAR III FOR NOW - DENNIS JETT (ATLANTIC PRESS, NOVEMBER 5): http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2764/81/

PRESENT AT THE CREATION - DAVID BROOKS (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 6): http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/opinion/06brooks.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

MUSHARRAF'S MARTIAL PLAN - BENAZIR BHUTTO (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 7): http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/opinion/07bhutto.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

PAKISTANI COUP DE GRÂCE: MUSHARRAF HAS NEVER BEEN EITHER A DEMOCRAT OR A RELIABLE ALLY AGAINST THE TALIBAN. SO WHY BANKROLL HIM? ? EDITORIAL (LOS ANGELES TIMES, NOVEMBER 6)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-pakistan6nov06,0,7114843.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail

WORKING WITH A DICTATOR: PRESIDENT BUSH'S FEEBLE RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN'S COUP MOCKS THE 'FREEDOM AGENDA' EDITORIAL (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 6): blamed for .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/05/AR2007110501678_pf.html

MUSHARRAF SHOWS DICTATORS HOW IT'S DONE: THE PAKISTANI PRESIDENT USES THE ISLAMIST BOOGEYMAN TO TIGHTEN HIS GRIP ON POWER AND QUELL AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY - MONA ELTAHAWY (LOS ANGELES TIMES, NOVEMBER 6)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-eltahawy6nov06,0,2059384.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail

PAKISTAN ON THE BRINK ? EDITORIAL (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 6): http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071106/EDITORIAL/111060001/1013&template=printart

THE PAKISTAN MESS EDITORIAL (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 6): http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/opinion/06tue1.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

PERILS OF PAKISTAN - ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 6): http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071106/COMMENTARY/111060015/1012/commentary&template=printart

MUSHARRAF'S SECOND COUP - NAJAM SETHI (WALL STREET JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 6): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119430082029583076.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
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ANOTHER BUSH BACKFIRE - DAN FROOMKIN (WASHINGTONPOST.COM, NOVEMBER 5): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/11/05/BL2007110500704_pf.html

BUSH AND MUSHARRAF'S GRAND ILLUSION: DEMOCRACY FOR PAKISTAN WAS NEVER THE DEAL -- AND AS MUSHARRAF'S LATEST POWER GRAB THROWS HIS NATION INTO TURMOIL, BUSH WILL GLADLY GO ALONG - JUAN COLE (SALON, NOVEMBER 6)
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/06/musharraf/

FOOL ME ONCE ... EFFWIT (SWEDISH MEATBALLS CONFIDENTIAL, NOVEMBER 5): http://swedemeat.blogspot.com/2007/11/fool-me-once.html

IN PAKISTAN, ECHOES OF IRAN - DAVID IGNATIUS (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 7): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110601805_pf.html

PAKISTAN TUMULTS - HELLE DALE (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 7): http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071107/EDITORIAL06/111070004/1013&template=printart

SKEPTICISM GREETS NEW US AFRICA COMMAND - ASSOCIATED PRESS (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 7): http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Americas-Africa-Command.html?pagewanted=print

SARKOZY PLEDGES TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONS WITH U.S. - WILLIAM BRANIGIN (WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 7): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/07/AR2007110701487.html

THE NEW FELLOW TRAVELERS - ANNE APPLEBAUM (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 6): For the malcontents of Hollywood, academia and the catwalks, Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan president, is an ideal ally.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/05/AR2007110501592_pf.html

WATERBOARDING AND HIROSHIMA BRET STEPHENS (WALL STREET JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 6): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119430812489583231.html?mod=opinion_main_featured_stories_hs
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HOORAH FOR WATERBOARDING - DEROY MURDOCK (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 6): http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071106/COMMENTARY/111060010/1012/commentary&template=printart

TORTURE UTTERLY WRONG, BUT IT HAS AN AUDIENCE - R. GUSTAV NIEBUHR (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 6): Can the use of torture ever be justified? Nope.
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/r_gustav_niebuhr/2007/11/utterly_wrong_but_there_is_a_popular_audience_for_it.html

THIS TIME, WE MEAN IT -- AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGISTS ON TORTURE: IN A LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH, THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION CONDEMNS THE USE OF TORTURE SALON (NOVEMBER 6)
http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/11/06/torture_letter/

THE INHERITANCE ON CLIMATE - KURT CAMPBELL (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 5): http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/the-inheritance-on-climate/index.html?ref=opinion

'NYT' REPORTER'S CONDI BOOK WILL REVEAL 'CONFLICTS' WITH CHENEY - JOE STRUPP (EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, NOVEMBER 7): http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003668545&imw=Y