The Viceroy in Iraq

Just a little reminder that theories, philosophies, ideologies, policies, and plain old good ideas are ultimately meaningless without men and women of action on the ground to implement them...

A colleague at a World Affairs Council dinner last night directed me to this Los Angeles Times article about my once and future boss, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, formerly the top dog in Afghanistan and now, for the last year, the top American official in Iraq. Although it's not as in-depth as other articles I've read -- Jon Lee Anderson's "American Viceroy" in The New Yorker, is a good one if you're looking for more -- it still provides an interesting look at the man who is leading our civilian efforts on the ground in Iraq.