The State Department's top official for Asia scored points for honesty and U.S. political leadership last week when he admitted Burma's upcoming elections "will be without international legitimacy." Too bad he ruined the moment by continuing to push for "dialogue" as "among all the difficult options, the best way forward."
Kurt Campbell is an astute diplomat who has pressed for closer engagement with Japan, Australia and other U.S. allies in the region. Yet he's also one of the architects of State's policy of "pragmatic engagement" with Burma that has manifestly failed.
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