Thursday, March 06, 2003

- U.S. Diplomat’s Letter of Resignation

I am writing you to submit my resignation from the Foreign Service of the United States and from my position as Political Counselor in U.S. Embassy Athens, effective March 7......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......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......Is the Russia of the late Romanovs really our model, a selfish, superstitious empire thrashing toward self-destruction in the name of a doomed status quo.....I am resigning because I have tried and failed to reconcile my conscience with my ability to represent the current U.S. Administration.......

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=3151