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Radio Interview with John Brady Kiesling and John H. Brown

KALW in San Francisco did an hour long radio interview with John Brady Kiesling and John H. Brown, the American Foreign Service officers who resigned over Bush's Iraq policy. Both are impressive speakers, and Kiesling is as articulate and as convincing as his letter:

If we can't convince our historical allies that this is a good thing to do, there is no way we are going to be able to convince the Arab world.

People have to take a stand. War may be inevitable, but we need to do what we can to keep our consciences clean.

There is a policy to make America safer, but this is not it.

"America is still the safest country in the world. The administration is trying to scare people with this talk about terror and duct tape. We should use our safety and prosperity and our strength to do good and we can do good."

Brown said his resignation was "in part a result of Andrew Card's comment, 'Never launch a product in August.' War is not a product."

I learned a lot from listening to it. Recommended. Requires Real Player.