Word: judgmentalism
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...1990s, Clark was serving as the director of policy and planning for the Joint Chiefs, a position in which his deft political touch and a capacity for poor judgment were on display. He played a key role in stopping an early round of bloodshed in the Balkans, helping to draft the Dayton accords that halted the killing in Bosnia. But he stumbled when he met and swapped military hats with Ratko Mladic, a Bosnian Serb general the U.S. had branded a war criminal for the indiscriminate killing of Bosnian Muslims. The meeting infuriated the State Department. Clark later apologized, saying...
First, a confession. Last winter, during the interminable debates at the United Nations before the invasion of Iraq, I thought--and wrote--that if the U.S. and Britain went to war against Saddam Hussein, France would join them. That was a triumph of cynicism over judgment--a cynicism shared, though this is no excuse, by top officials in the U.S. State Department--and it was, obviously, dead wrong. France stayed out of the war. For a few months this seemed like a catastrophic error on France's part, as Saddam was toppled and the Bush Administration puffed out its chest...
...trust in him." But whatever Hutton can deduce about the anguish that Kelly took to his grave, the millions of words in testimony, documents and e-mails he received in evidence - and instantly put on his website - have painted a gripping picture of political hardball, blame shifting and bad judgment inside Tony Blair's government and the BBC. Heroes were in short supply. Gilligan defended the basic thrust of his reporting, but admitted he had overstated the case against Alastair Campbell, Blair's communications chief, for "sexing up" the September dossier on Iraq's weapons. BBC managers, reeling under...
First, a confession. Last winter, during the interminable debates at the United Nations before the invasion of Iraq, I thought - and wrote - that if the U.S. and Britain went to war against Saddam Hussein, France would join them. That was a triumph of cynicism over judgment - a cynicism shared, though this is no excuse, by top officials in the U.S. State Department - and it was, obviously, dead wrong. France stayed out of the war. For a few months this seemed like a catastrophic error on France's part, as Saddam was toppled and the Bush Administration puffed out its chest...
...shut down in about 3 1/2 months, when [then U.N. chief arms inspector Hans] Blix said they needed more time. We've always felt in this organization that disarmament requires patience and time. And we didn't have it. I think what's happening in Iraq proves that that judgment wasn't entirely wrong...