Blistering Assessment of State Department’s competence in Iraq
For those who have been willing to dig a little deeper than the simplistic reports our media feeds us about what is happening in Iraq, another bunker busting report surfaced recently offering a devastating critique of the civilian performance of our government there. Bill Gertz breaks the story and offers a link to the Departure Assessment of Embassy Baghdad by Manuel Miranda from the Legislative Office of Statecraft. Mr. Miranda has spent the last year in Baghdad working for the State Department as the Senior Adviser for Legislative Framework, among other things, and offers to Ambassador Ryan Crocker his professional opinion on the competence and ability of our Foreign Service and the State Department in Iraq.