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April 26, 2005

Bolton's Follies

Today's NYT has a very interesting piece on "Ex-Officials Say Bolton Inflated Syrian Danger."

One wonders how much of Bush's rhetoric towards Syria was influenced by Bolton and like-minded party apparatchek's such as Cheney, Wolfowitz, Pearle, et al.

If Bolton had a material influence on Bush's rhetoric towards Syria of late, then he's partially responsible for whatever fallout there is from Syria's withdrawal from Lebanon.

Although I didn't address it directly here, Syria's role in ending the Lebanese civil war and bringing about reconciliation between the warring parties is noteworthy.

A somewhat related post I wrote a while back: The Cedar Revolution: Who caused it and where will it lead?

Posted by Kevin at April 26, 2005 01:46 PM