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13 Dec 10 - 09:52 PM (#3052947) Subject: Obit: Richard Holbrooke From: Janie http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/world/story/8772122/ |
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13 Dec 10 - 10:07 PM (#3052954) Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Holbrooke From: katlaughing Makes the world seem a bit scarier, having him gone. Really sad to read of his passing. |
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13 Dec 10 - 10:17 PM (#3052961) Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Holbrooke From: Beer Sad passing indeed. Will be hard to fill his shoes. Sympathies to his love ones. ad. |
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13 Dec 10 - 10:27 PM (#3052968) Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Holbrooke From: EBarnacle From personal experience, I know how hard a dissecting aortic aneurism can be to stop. Very few people survive these. |
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13 Dec 10 - 10:42 PM (#3052972) Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Holbrooke From: Bobert 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~ |
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13 Dec 10 - 11:45 PM (#3053003) Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Holbrooke From: GUEST,Genie 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. |
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14 Dec 10 - 12:12 AM (#3053014) Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Holbrooke From: EBarnacle To paraphrase our vice president, "He's a sunovabitch, but he's on our side." |
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14 Dec 10 - 09:36 AM (#3053256) Subject: RE: Obit: US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke (1941-2010) From: Desert Dancer 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 |
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14 Dec 10 - 02:37 PM (#3053497) Subject: RE: Obit: US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke (1941-2010) From: Brian May 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. |
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14 Dec 10 - 06:32 PM (#3053620) Subject: RE: Obit: US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke (1941-2010) From: Bill D "...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. |
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14 Dec 10 - 07:31 PM (#3053651) Subject: RE: Obit: US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke (1941-2010) From: Janie Well said, Bill. And also scary. |
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15 Dec 10 - 05:21 PM (#3054248) Subject: RE: Obit: US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke (1941-2010) From: Mrrzy Yeah, he was one of the better ones sent abroad to lie for his country... |