Noting a report by Dan Drezner, Alex Massie points out that Richard Holbrooke is apparently suffering from some kind of nervous breakdown:

I have it on good authority that, not only does the former UN ambassador believe that he’ll be Secretary of State if either Clinton or Obama wins, he genuinely thinks he’ll have a comparable position if McCain wins.

This is clearly nonsense, since an Obama campaign that floats stories about appointing Lugar won’t end up selecting one of Clinton’s arch–lackeys  Then again, given how utterly awful all three candidates’ Balkan policy seems to be it can’t be entirely ruled out.  There are a great many people for whom the word “disaster” doesn’t come to mind when they hear the name Richard Holbrooke, so the fact that Holbrooke’s record in the Balkans is appalling will not count against him. 

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