Submitted by Frank Milnord, Nov 21, 2007 15:09

Unfortunately the policy planning staff at state has no real Middle East experts or Arabic speakers. The folks there are all in the thrall of big sloppy ideas like the kind Mr. Cohen seems to offer. They are not interested in the careful work of people who actually know and understand the region.

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