Posted on 03/19/2011 8:18:21 PM PDT by SmithL
The U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigned Saturday amid furor over a leaked diplomatic cable in which he complained about inefficiency and infighting among Mexican security forces in the campaign against drug cartels.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in Paris to meet with U.S. allies on Libya, said Carlos Pascual's decision to step down was "based upon his personal desire to ensure the strong relationship between our two countries and to avert issues" raised by President Felipe Calderon.
Clinton didn't say specifically what she was referring to, but a furious Calderon has publicly criticized Pascual's cable, which was divulged by the WikiLeaks website.
Pascual's resignation — less than two weeks since President Barack Obama met with Calderon at the White House — appeared to be the biggest fallout yet from thousands of sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables from around the world released by WikiLeaks.
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In this photo taken Oct. 5, 2010, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual looks on during an agreement signing ceremony in Mexico City. Pascual, who criticized his host government's handling of the drug problem in a cable divulged by the WikiLeaks website, has resigned, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday, March 19, 2011.
So? you never say anything, that one would not say to their face.
Poor dude got caught telling the truth. Used to happen to me all the time. Nothing good ever came of it. Higher ups always want to hear good news, never want to hear about things that need attention or need changing, etc.
That just won't work with this administration.
Ping
That's why you can never trust to hear the real facts and truth from government - D or R. Bureaucrats and politicians will never admit bad news or any problems under their watch. They see it as a sign of failure and every underling will work to cover it up.
The only way we the people will ever hear honesty from our government is when it comes from whistle blowers or from Wiki Leaks. The rest is 90% BS intended to cover-up for others. Bureaucrats and politicians always stick together to cover-up for other countries too.
They have an elite club where only they believe they have the right to know the truth and the rest of society should be kept in the dark. That's why they want to shut down Wiki Leaks at all cost. It exposes them to embarrassment and corruption.
Well,duh,diplomats are supposed to speak diplomatically. Even in their cables.
It was a classified diplomatic cable, in which diplomats are supposed to provide the unvarnished truth to Washington. There are a lot of occasions when you mentioning that unvarnished truth to the parties on whom you are reporting would be detrimental to our national interest.
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Exactly. This kid sitting in a brig in Quantico has done INCALCULABLE damage to the US.
Sure, there can be lots of conversations about having these kinds of message on a universal server, even though it's a classified server. And, those would be beneficial conversations to have. But, the fact of the matter is that they've been doing it this way for the better part of two decades with no problems until now.
The bad news is that the repercussions for this will ripple forward for years to come. The worse news is that only a fraction of the 100Ks of cables have been published thus far. Who knows what other shoes will drop, or when.
Well, they’re making him sleep nekkid. That’ll learn him.
It will do for now, until they hang the little son of a bitch. And I do hope they have the cojones to do that, because that is what he deserves.
“It was a classified diplomatic cable, in which diplomats are supposed to provide the unvarnished truth to Washington. There are a lot of occasions when you mentioning that unvarnished truth to the parties on whom you are reporting would be detrimental to our national interest.”
Understood,Now how do you do business with the US Government, when your name is on the NY Slimes front page ,the very next day?
All I have ever attained access to are reports/analysis of purported Wiki-leaks data.Does anyone have a link that won't destroy a civilian PC?
Best Ambassador to Mexico we’ve had in years...wouldn’t kiss Calderon’s ass like Obama and Hilary...proved that agents of the cartels were sitting in the President’s office...instead of having the balls to tell Calderon we know you have people around you that can’t be trusted, they forced Pascual’s resignation. There will be a new day coming in 2012 when we have an administration with pride and confidence in the United States and will not allow a third world country to slap us around.
HOORAY, SIGNS THE END IS NEAR FILE (feel free to add your signposts)
(1) On March 18, 2011 Rachel Rose Hartman of Yahoo! News reported: "The Barack H. Obama Elementary School in Asbury Park, NJ will be shuttered this summer, largely due to low enrollment."
(2) This means B-i-g trouble for Obama.
Obama invokes religious themes as 2012 campaign nears
washington examiner | 2/05 | julie mason
Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2011 by RummyChick
"When I wake in the morning, I wait on the Lord, and I ask Him to give me the strength to do right by our country and its people," Obama said. "And when I go to bed at night, I wait on the Lord, and I ask Him to forgive me my sins, and look after my family and the American people, and make me an instrument of His will." Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/white-house/2011/02/obama-invokes-religious-themes-2012-campaign-nears#ixzz1DEJDFIhg
LAST YEAR'S OFFICIAL DNC POSTER
THIS YEAR'S OFFICIAL DNC POSTER
"Voters, Obama is baptized in the fire of faith."
"Obama's been saved. Thank you, Jesus."
"Voters, let's hear an Alleluia and an Amen."
(3) THIS SAYS A LOT Obama's recent Boston fundraiser started out as a $5,000 a plate then dropped to $500 a plate ... but he still could not fill the room——ended up talking to a little over 100 people. Ohaha's between a rock and a hard place. In a word----l-o-s-e-r.
(4) Wisconsin (with other states following) has got the Dems scared big time. A key provision of Walker's WI law is not just to eviscerate unions' bargaining power but ALSO the state's obligation to collect union dues out of employee's paychecks---(most of which goes to Dem campaigns).
(5) The libs are paranoid that Obama did not join them in WI as he promised he would during the campaign. He couldn't go----B/C he couldn't appear to side with violent union workers intent on keeping collective bargaining "rights" ...rights Ohaha's army of federal employees do not have.The Elite Turn Against Obama
(6) The Daily Beast | July 7, 2010 | Lloyd Grove
Even the Aspen Ideas Festival, an annual gathering of the country's brightest lights, isn't Obama country anymore. Pairing the Aspen Institute think tank with the Atlantic Monthly magazine was once seen as Obama’s natural base. Apparently not anymore......Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
The truth is hell.
Ask Juan Williams.
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