[Peace-discuss] Holbrooke dies at 69

[Morton K. Brussel]

I would say "Rest in hell"! 

Those seeking a just world are not diminished by his passing.  --mkb


On Dec 13, 2010, at 7:18 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> He was a vicious and murderous bastard, executor of awful policies, but any man's death diminishes me, as the poet says. Requiescat in pace.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: News Alert: Richard C. Holbrooke Dies at 69
> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:50:35 -0500
> From: NYTimes.com News Alert <nytdirect at nytimes.com>
> 
> Richard C. Holbrooke, the Obama administration's special
> representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2009 and a
> diplomatic troubleshooter in Asia, Europe and the Middle East
> who worked for every Democratic president since the late
> 1960s, died on Monday night at George Washington University
> Hospital in Washington, D.C., an administration official
> said. He was 69 and lived in Manhattan.
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/world/14holbrooke.html?emc=na
> 
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