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| The New Yorker: Rex Tillerson at the Breaking Point |
| 2017-10-07 |
| BLUF: [The New Yorker] In June, shortly after the Administration announced that it was pulling out of the Paris accords, David Rank, the Deputy Ambassador to China, decided to resign, rather than deliver the official notice of withdrawal to the Chinese government. Rank told me that his greatest fear is that the damage done to the State Department, and to the American-led international order, will be too extensive to repair. Reflecting on his three decades as a diplomat, Rank said, "Maintaining our network for foreign relations is hard. It requires constant attention, a lot of people, a lot of work. Sometimes it’s beyond us. But rebuilding it? Not a chance." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Does Rex Tillerson look like he is blinking? |
| Posted by: Angeamp Lumumba2526 2017-10-07 15:17 |
| #2 Whatever the New Yawker wants should be considered, once known, to be steered around or , better still, avoided completely by going the other way. And who loves or respects a State Department which co-operathed so well with the Obama Administration? Do you have any love for the State Department ? Any Prayers either? I trust Rex Tillerson, I think he is excellent material. I read the entire article, it was well researched and effectively written. Its written by someone comfortable with Voting for Hillary( unstated by apparent). Out in the sticks ( North Georgia Mts. ) where I live, my general attitude to the State Dept. over all is "Screw 'em . I would be willing to help Rex Tillerson changer a tire if he ever blew a tire on the back road ( nice place and a green view ) where I live. The State Dept. needs a poke in the sis boom bah. Tillerson has the smarts to see what to do. I trust him, its an intuitive decision on my part. But I am not a bad judge of character The Ambassador to China resigned? BYE ! Somehow America will survive him. And Climate Change ( which the articles real unstated concern) is total Baloney. I welcome Tillerson and I voted for Trump. I WANT to see things shaken up in a LOT of ways. And just think of what eight years ofTrump is going to be like. Screw the New Yawker and its little puffy poodle to. |
| Posted by: Glaviling Glomoth1291 2017-10-07 08:47 |
| #1 Leave it to the New Yorker to give a career Foreign Service Officer (FSO) the last word (closing paragraph). Mr. Rank's comments capture the essence of the T-Rex conflict and frustration. Something akin to the broken Winchester. It won't work, and the frustrated Texas oil man is unable to fire it. Foggy Bottom's Mr. Rank at the point of retirement anyway, along with a few other senior FSO's resigns in protest. He then tosses in a grenade as he walks out the door. The ultimate Swamp creatures, they reject both course correction and downsizing. For good measure and political correctness, the New Yorker throws in the alleged enmity between T-Rex and Nikki Halley with F-Bomb comment and the word 'hate' for emphasis. Of course we all know all successful white men of 'privilege' deplore women. Who could possibly blame T-Rex for 'pulling the rods.' It's a dry hole. Time to tear down the rig and move on. Life is too short. Who needs it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-07 05:47 |