This is pretty harsh.......................

........................U. S. Middle Eastern diplomacy:  malice or incompetence?  Full rant is here.  Interesting side note nugget here:
"...suffice it to say that competitive intra-administration leaking, that venerable Washington political sport, is alive and well—which is why I often tell out-of-town audiences that Washington is one of the few cities in the world where sound travels faster than light."