Bush: “We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Diplomacy!”

Brian Zick

Steve Clemons shares an email from former State Department Chief of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson about missed opportunities, in a post titled: America's Botched 2003 Iran Diplomacy: No Talks with Evil People in the "Axis" shorter version: George Bush: “Diplomacy!? We ain’t got no diplomacy. We don’t need no diplomacy! I don’t have to use any stinking diplomacy!!”

The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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