A saying I like to use from time to time, "the more you try to control things, the more out of control they get" is one that I think applies to this situation. The more the Bush administration tightens its grip, the more people find ways to escape that grip. (Or, another way to say it is, "the harder you squeeze the watermellon seed, the farther shoots when it goes") I think these two diplomats are just two among the first wave of falling dominoes in what will become an ever increasing tide of toppeling dominoes in the rapidly self destructing house of cards that is the Bush administration.

(How's that for a really bad collection of mixed metophors?)