unclean slate

slate's fred kaplan has an astonishing record on international affairs....

assigning equal blame in the on-again-off-again negotiations regarding north korea's nuke program, before suddenly realizing the NK dictator was a bit wacky, only to loudly proclaim a breakthrough just 24 hours before it fell apart.

shafer is establishing a similar record on iraq....
after stating the iraqi constitution had a
'chance at success', then declaring its passage a 'disaster' but a week later, his premature withdrawal fixation, shafer now downplays the parliamentary elections

this stuff is so pessimistic it seems like parody

¶ - nitish @ 10:30 AM