The policies we are now asked to advance are incompatible not only with American values but also with American interests. Our fervent pursuit of war with Iraq is driving us to squander the international legitimacy that has been America?s most potent weapon of both offense and defense since the days of Woodrow Wilson. We have begun to dismantle the largest and most effective web of international relationships the world has ever known. Our current course will bring instability and danger, not security.

The resignation letter from John Brady Kiesling to Colin Powell. Requires registration with the NY Times.

] But our closest allies are persuaded less that war is
] justified than that it would be perilous to allow the
] U.S. to drift into complete solipsism. Loyalty should be
] reciprocal. Why does our President condone the swaggering
] and contemptuous approach to our friends and allies this
] Administration is fostering, including among its most
] senior officials. Has "oderint dum metuant" really become
] our motto?

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| The policies we are now asked to advance are
| incompatible not only with American values but also
| with American interests. Our fervent pursuit of war
| with Iraq is driving us to squander...
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Career statesman jumping ship? This is very frightening!

Tough love at its finest!