Dutch Join Crony Chorus
Dutch foreign minister Ben Bot has asked Condi Rice to urge President Bush to withdraw Ameriquest Mortgage founder Roland Arnell's appointment as ambassador to The Hague.
Their hook is the investigation into mortgage fraud by Ameriquest.
The stakes are high. The Dutch are considering sending fresh troops to Afghanistan, and then there's Hugo Chavez's nasty little Venezuelan experiment.
The US is worried that Chavez's first target of dictatorial expansion will be toward the Dutch Anntilles, just off the Venezuelan coast. We don't want that, and we want the Dutch to help.
Then there's the sympathy we have for the Dutch as they struggle with Islamofascist extremism.
I've never been a fan of big fundraisers getting ambassadorships; in fact, it's a practice that should be legislated out of existence. Our interests are protected by the career diplomats who serve as Chief of Mission and really run the show, as my step dad did during his career. Nonetheless, this is a nomination Bush should let die.
Sources here and here, via Watching America.
Their hook is the investigation into mortgage fraud by Ameriquest.
The stakes are high. The Dutch are considering sending fresh troops to Afghanistan, and then there's Hugo Chavez's nasty little Venezuelan experiment.
The US is worried that Chavez's first target of dictatorial expansion will be toward the Dutch Anntilles, just off the Venezuelan coast. We don't want that, and we want the Dutch to help.
Then there's the sympathy we have for the Dutch as they struggle with Islamofascist extremism.
I've never been a fan of big fundraisers getting ambassadorships; in fact, it's a practice that should be legislated out of existence. Our interests are protected by the career diplomats who serve as Chief of Mission and really run the show, as my step dad did during his career. Nonetheless, this is a nomination Bush should let die.
Sources here and here, via Watching America.
posted by Laer at 9:16 PM
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