Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Our man in Baghdad.
Posts by Brad DeLong and Matthew Yglesias about the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad, and his notional remuda prompt me to excavate this thought from the file of posts-drafted-but-not-posted:
Like others before him, David Ignatius praises Khalilzad as "a brilliant ringmaster of the Baghdad political circus." Khalilzad often gets this sort of praise, but for what? I can't recall anyone explaining what Khalilzad has achieved, except that he has done what U.S. journalists cannot or will not: learn who Iraqi's political leaders are and go talk to them.
eta: Khalilzad talks to the press, gets good marks from Kevin Drum.
Like others before him, David Ignatius praises Khalilzad as "a brilliant ringmaster of the Baghdad political circus." Khalilzad often gets this sort of praise, but for what? I can't recall anyone explaining what Khalilzad has achieved, except that he has done what U.S. journalists cannot or will not: learn who Iraqi's political leaders are and go talk to them.
eta: Khalilzad talks to the press, gets good marks from Kevin Drum.
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