Obit: US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke (1941-2010)

Subject: Obit: Richard Holbrooke
From: Janie
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 09:52 PM

http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/world/story/8772122/

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Holbrooke
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 10:07 PM

Makes the world seem a bit scarier, having him gone. Really sad to read of his passing.

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Holbrooke
From: Beer
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 10:17 PM

Sad passing indeed. Will be hard to fill his shoes. Sympathies to his love ones.
ad.

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Holbrooke
From: EBarnacle
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 10:27 PM

From personal experience, I know how hard a dissecting aortic aneurism can be to stop. Very few people survive these.

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Holbrooke
From: Bobert
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 10:42 PM

Bummer...

Yeah, the guy was all about some boring stuff that is all part of large negotiations but...

...hey??? Someone has to have the temperament and people skills to do it and...

...he did it well...

Need more Richard Holbrookes in the world and less Dick Cheneys...

B~

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Holbrooke
From: GUEST,Genie
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 11:45 PM

Very sad, though not unexpected news. He had been in critical condition too long for me to feel optimistic. So sad he didn't make it.

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Holbrooke
From: EBarnacle
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 12:12 AM

To paraphrase our vice president, "He's a sunovabitch, but he's on our side."

Subject: RE: Obit: US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke (1941-2010)
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 09:36 AM

Richard C. Holbrooke, 1941-2010, Strong American Voice in Diplomacy and Crisis, NY Times
Veteran U.S. Diplomat Richard Holbrooke Dies, NPR
Richard Holbrooke dies: Veteran U.S. diplomat brokered Dayton peace accords, Washington Post

It's too bad that he will not be able to see his work in Afghanistan through. The world needs all the experienced diplomats it can get.

~ Becky in Tucson

Subject: RE: Obit: US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke (1941-2010)
From: Brian May
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 02:37 PM

I find the concept of feeling sorry for the passing of politicians or diplomats a bit difficult.

Set against the information currently being released on Wikileaks, the stuff I saw in the 80s is still going on, and on, and on.

I daresay there are good ones, if this gentleman was one, then indeed we should be sad, but I don't trust one of them further than I can throw them.

Subject: RE: Obit: US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke (1941-2010)
From: Bill D
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 06:32 PM

"...if this gentleman was one, then indeed we should be sad..."

One article said he was "born to be Sec. of State"... but he had one serious flaw...he actually CARED about solving problems and saving lives more than political considerations.

Read all the articles....you will see that this was a once-in-a-lifetime diplomat.

Subject: RE: Obit: US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke (1941-2010)
From: Janie
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 07:31 PM

Well said, Bill.

And also scary.

Subject: RE: Obit: US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke (1941-2010)
From: Mrrzy
Date: 15 Dec 10 - 05:21 PM

Yeah, he was one of the better ones sent abroad to lie for his country...