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2004-02-27

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Posted by phil_b 2004-02-27 7:28:50 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What idiot would compile a report based on media reports?

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-2-27 7:44:05 PM|| 2004-2-27 7:44:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 My first impression is that this is our good old renegade State Dept doing a little foreign policy adjustment.

And, regardless of whether the report itself wasn't cooked a bit, the very public release of it is undermining and destructive. These guys caught Hambali. They were productive.

Asia. Face. Thais. Land of Smiles. No Public Criticism. Ever. Both ways.

Anyone who's been there for more than a 72-hour drunk knows. State asshats, if they wanted to torpedo Thai help in WoT and give Dubya a black eye, would do something like this and then play innocent and do the wink, wink, nudge, nudge routine with each other.

I'm sure there will more to follow and we'll see where this originated. Somebody needs lead shoes and a swimming trip.

Posted by .com 2004-2-27 8:56:55 PM|| 2004-2-27 8:56:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 This is typical State Department Dog S--t. They need a short leash with a choke collar. They can do more unfixable damage in one statement than anyone. Here is the index for the 2003 Dept. of State Human Rights reports. And here is the report for Thailand.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-2-27 9:24:12 PM|| 2004-2-27 9:24:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I looked at the linked report. What's wrong with it? It looks reasonable and well-informed to me.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-2-27 11:51:11 PM|| 2004-2-27 11:51:11 PM|| Front Page Top

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