Diplomatic Breakdown    “I was the political counselor at the US
Embassy in Athens then, 45 years old, running a section of some
eight people. My mission was to advise the US ambassador on how
best we could, as President Bush’s personal representatives in
Greece, promote and defend US interests. As the war became
inescapable, so, too, became my catastrophic conviction that I
could either represent the president or defend US interests, but
I could no longer do both.” (full story)