Comments | ontd_political: US Diplomat Holbrooke dies after aortic tear.

juliet316 in ontd_political

US Diplomat Holbrooke dies after aortic tear.

Dec 15, 2010 02:50

Richard Holbrooke, a veteran U.S. diplomat who was the architect of the 1995 Bosnia peace plan and served as President Barack Obama's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, has died, NBC News reported, citing a U.S. official. He was 69 ( Read more... )

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Comments 16

ice489 December 15 2010, 14:08:45 UTC

One of my biggest regrets about my last job was not having the opportunity to work with him.

dreadfulpenny81 December 15 2010, 20:04:48 UTC

Very sad, especially after serving his country for 50 years! RIP

urban_stoop December 15 2010, 22:58:08 UTC

Side-eying everyone in this post TBH. There's a time and a place to voice -completely legitimate- criticsm of bad policies, but in a RIP Post? Really?

juliet316 December 15 2010, 23:36:50 UTC

This. The funeral hasn't even happened yet.

stevie_jane December 16 2010, 00:09:22 UTC

Eh, if people can't be honest about what the dead have done in their time there's no point in remembering the dead at all. Platitudes don't really cover it.

lady_deirdre December 16 2010, 07:52:29 UTC

So when should we do it? In two weeks this won't be news anymore and there will not be another opportunity to voice our criticisms.

belleweather December 16 2010, 00:45:54 UTC

He's been my hero since High School and is the reason I want to be a Foreign Service Officer (If, you know, Congress ever passes a budget...). I've been all sadface about this for the last two days.