State Department Incompetent (not breaking news)

The State Department is faking it, by trying to pass off press reports as its own "Iraq Weekly Status Report".

In some ways, it is not fair to label competent, career State department employees who are trying to resist the Rice Incompetance Machine as incompentent over this stuff. I think they must wrestle everyday over whether they are helping more, by trying to amelioriate the destruction of the department by Rice, or hurting more, by lending their positive reputation to a relentless disaster. (see Colin Powell.)

Based on the results, I would have to say that on the whole, the "stay and ameliorate" wing has not been particularly effective. Nor has the "resign, make a stink, and wake people up" wing.

I would add to Americablog that a more troubling aspect of this is how thoroughly subservient the press must be to have their stuff served up raw by Madame Condoleeza's propaganda ministry.