The policies we are


The policies we are now asked to advance are incompatible not only with American values but also with American interests.

Veteran diplomat John Brady Kiesling is leaving the US state department in protest. Here is his letter of resignation.

( BTW, Steve, what does “oderint dum metuant” mean? )


2 Comments on “The policies we are”

  1. David says:

    oderint dum metuant: Let them hate so long as they fear. (A favorite saying of Caligura.)

    [ March 4th, 2003 at 9:19 am

  2. katheudo says:

    oderit dom metuant - “Let them hate so long as they fear” - Lucius Accius - Roman tragic poet (170 BC) Believed to be a favorite saying of Caligula. Also translated as “let them hate us, so long as they fear us”.