Yes, Matt, we're all annoyed and horrified by the prospect that Negroponte may be getting a new job soon. But, we were all pretty horrified that he got his current cushy job in the Bush administration too. How many times can you get outraged by the same guy?
The media's been covering for people like this for years and there are some battles my mighty blog can't win I'm afraid. Though, I'm all for people trying...
Sometimes the outrage just needs to come from the other side. You'd think the moral clarity anti-terrorism crowd would perk up about this. But, as they say - one man's death squad is another man's army of infinite justice...
...okay, Matt's specific concern is that Negroponte is uniquely qualified to set up some delightful counterinsurgency squads as the new Ambassador to Iraq. But, look, the kind of people who thought Negroponte would be a lovely guy to be the UN Ambassador are the same people who decided to go to war in Iraq in the first place. Perhaps it's true that Negroponte will bring some special skills and creativity to his new job, but it just isn't obvious the governing philosophy will change much.
It's Cheney-Rumsfeld-Wolfowitz's show. They're responsible for dictating the governing philosophy. And they have. This isn't really anything new.
