I am writing you to submit my resignation from the Foreign Service of the United States and from my position as Political Counselor in U.S. Embassy Athens, effective March 7. I do so with a heavy heart. The baggage of my upbringing included a felt obligation to give something back to my country…
…until this Administration it had been possible to believe that by upholding the policies of my president I was also upholding the interests of the American people and the world. I believe it no longer.
The policies we are now asked to advance are incompatible not only with American values but also with American interests. Our fervent pursuit of war with Iraq is driving us to squander the international legitimacy that has been America
Diplomat Resigns Rather Than Support War
US Diplomat John Brady Kiesling, Political Counselor at the US Embassy in Athens, has decided that he can’t reconcile his…
Diplomat Resigns Rather Than Support War
US Diplomat John Brady Kiesling, Political Counselor at the US Embassy in Athens, has decided that he can’t reconcile his…