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March 2, 2003 9:23 AM

U.S. Diplomat's Letter of Resignation. "It is inevitable that during twenty years with the State Department I would become more sophisticated and cynical about the narrow and selfish bureaucratic motives that sometimes shaped our policies. Human nature is what it is, and I was rewarded and promoted for understanding human nature. But until this Administration it had been possible to believe that by upholding the policies of my president I was also upholding the interests of the American people and the world. I believe it no longer."
posted by The Jesse Helms (4 comments total)

already discussed here.
posted by quonsar at 9:25 AM on March 2, 2003

Senator Helms is not a young man anymore, quonsar

we've got to be patient with him, you know
posted by matteo at 9:41 AM on March 2, 2003

aren't a lot of spies diplomats?
posted by techgnollogic at 10:10 AM on March 2, 2003

aren't a lot of spies diplomats?

Yeah, and James Bond is a secret agent, even though he uses his real name everywhere he goes.

No, diploamts are usually spies only in cheap novels. Spies generate data that is reported to diplomats in the real world.
posted by kfury at 10:27 AM on March 2, 2003