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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Rascal who wrote (40036)8/26/2002 4:03:52 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Baker's op-ed fell somewhere between Scowcroft's and Kissinger's, closer to Scowcroft, I think. Baker says, do it, BUT.... do the diplomacy thing, try for a UN vote, hit Israel over the head a few times so we can look evenhanded, etc.

As Keller says, full candor would require the caveat "note: I am defending all the decisions I made in office that produced the current predicament"

I think something will happen on the diplomatic front, whether we try to control it or not, so those who argue we should strive to control it make sense. But we also need to do a careful cost-benefit analysis on each proposed diplomatic hypocrisy. On the one hand, we don't want to scare our allies and adversaries to death. But somewhat scared might not be such a bad idea for us. As Tom Friedman says, there are good arguments for a "Crazier Than Thou" policy.
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