Fascinating editorial by Arnaud de Borchgrave at the Washington Times (man, those were words I never thought I'd write). First, I didn't realize Tutwiler had left her post as the top PR person for the US government's foreign policy. Tutwiler is the administration's third person to take that position, then leave. But even more interesting than that revelation is the fact that de Borchgrave seems to be making a pretty explicit criticism of the Bush Administration in this editorial - something the Washington Times isn't usually very apt to do. The most surprising part of the editorial is this:
The coercive utopians in Washington, from the neo-cons to the Christian Right, misled, among others, Ambassador Tutwiler. Exit Queen Tut, as she was fondly known. Her mission was indeed impossible.Wow. What I read that as meaning is that folks who think they can make their utopian worldview reality by force or fiat, be they neo-conservatives in the Bush Administration or religious right zealots, are sadly mistaken.
That's pretty heady criticism from the newspaper that many of us consider the vanguard of conservatives and the religious right. Let the conservative blood-letting begin.
