only positive reveal from wikileaks, tbh

[zoram]

American embassy-report disses foreign affairs minister Carl Bildt."Carl Bildt has limited political skills, and his suit is too large compared to his power

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[derogatory]

Good to know the bitchy, backstabbing pettiness I've cultivated since high school will serve me well in the foreign service.

[rex_dart]

It's not just the US foreign service and it's certainly not a modern development. This sounds a lot like things I've read in British Foreign Office reports from the forties; it sounds like gossip but it's fairly standard "this is who we're dealing with and this is who we need to worry about" stuff.

[derogatory]

This isn't a criticism. I have been genuinely interested in this career for a while!

[rex_dart]

Ah, okay, I thought you were being sarcastic. In that case, I guess carry on with the petty bitchiness. xD

[intrikate88]

Have you read The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington? It's wonderful, and the part about Dahl and Clare Booth Luce is especially glorious.

[celtic_thistle]

Roald Dahl <3