Ritter was weird, possible sexual problems, and apparently bought off by someone associated with Hussein.
Holbrooke was strong, determined, brave and pretty good for a State Dept. professional leader. However, he carried out flawed policies - Vietnam peace talks; Kosovo (if it blows up, you’ll know that Clinton failed); Afghanistan - a toss-up so far but he wasn’t liked by many in the field.
Still, a good man. RIP.
Thanks — but I was referring to John Ritter and wondering why he died so quickly while Holbrook lingered so long.
If you want to be taken seriously you need to provide additional credible information.
Uh...were you thinking of Scott Ritter?!
Milan Panic, the former prime minister of Yugoslavia, told me a story about Holbrooke several years ago.
Panic was a Clinton supporter during the 1990s but was strongly opposed to taking action in Kosovo. He called Clinton to say the Serbians were not committing genocide in Kosovo but was referred to Holbrooke instead. When Panic explained what was really happening in Kosovo, Holbrooke hung up on him.
Turns out Panic was right and Clinton and Holbrooke were wrong about Kosovo.