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| Sushila |
Posted
on 08-Jul-01 09:16 AM
In a separate statement, the White House said Bush had chosen career diplomat Michael Malinowski, currently the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Manila, to be the U.S. ambassador to Nepal. Why is Ralph Frank being removed from his current post as ambassador? Is it because of his recent outspoken remarks?
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| Gulmi |
Posted
on 08-Jul-01 10:51 AM
When is the change to take place. They need to get rid of some other staffs in that embassy too. The interveiwers dont know what they are doing. Many people are hurt by their decisions.
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| LIC |
Posted
on 08-Jul-01 12:31 PM
What decisions? Wasn't Ralph Frank's term long over? New presidents have every right - in some cases it's even crucial to realize their foreign policy goals - to change diplomats as far as I understand.
Ralph Frank is a nice steady guy, but I would like see Nepal's press cover his tenure. Did he make a difference to Nepal? Many who have interacted with USEF chief Mike Gill say he seems to know Nepal very well, and is deeply committed to the Nepali cause.
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| the real ashu |
Posted
on 09-Jul-01 12:17 AM
To make judgments about Ambassador Ralph Frank by way of people who have met with another person (i.e. Mike Gill) is quite a stretch.
In my own dealings (on three different instances, one of which involved the Kamaiya issue) with Ambassador Frank, I have found him to be pretty easy to talk to, someone who cares about Nepal, sees enormous potential in young, educated Nepalis, and -- his occasional barbs against the Nepali government notwithstanding . . . barbs that get blown out of proportions --someone who's had a good, productive time in Nepal, despite
the expected and unexpected disturbances.
Wish him all the best as he prepares to take assignments
elsewhere.
oohi
ashu
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| LIC |
Posted
on 09-Jul-01 10:37 AM
Ashu:
Thanks. First of all. Make no mistake: I am not comparing Ralph Frank with Mike Gill. What I was tring to say was this: a lot of people who have met Mike Gill say this man understands Nepal quite well. Thanks to his long stint as Peace Corps guy.
Second. Now that Frank is leaving, isn't it time that the Nepal press looked back at a very important dimplomatic position, and whether his stint made any difference to Nepal. American, like it or not, is a very imporant global player. Not the least in a young - and fragile - democracy as ours.
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| Nepche |
Posted
on 09-Jul-01 11:32 AM
"I am not comparing Ralph Frank with Mike Gill. What I was tring to say was this: a lot of people who have met Mike Gill say this man understands Nepal quite well. Thanks to his long stint as Peace Corps guy. "
Who is "this man" in this case? Mike Gill or Ralph Frank? Who was in the Peace Corps? What does Mike Gill have to do with anything? You are not communicating very clearly are you?
Also,why do you ask "did he (Ralph Frank) make a difference to Nepal?" He did not come to Nepal to solve our problems or to make a difference; rather he was a career diplomat (and a very good one at that) who was in Nepal to represent the United States. If during his tenure, he did a lot for Nepal, so much the better. But I hardly think his PRIMARY objective was to come and "make a difference to Nepal"
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| LIC |
Posted
on 09-Jul-01 02:29 PM
First, "this guy" refers to Mike Gill.
Second, it may most certainly be of Frank's primary concern (nor your, sir, going by the tone of your response), but, as a Nepali, am concerned to find out what his tenure was like.
Of course, every Nepali has the right to keep tab of how the diplomats posted in Kathmandu are doing/did. You suggestion that diplomats are none of our business smacks of arrogance (even ignorance). Why should Russia keep a close watch on US diplomats posted there and vice versa?
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| LIC |
Posted
on 09-Jul-01 02:38 PM
I repeat due to some posting errors:
While Frank's primary concern is most certainly to look after US interests in Nepal, but I, as a Nepali, have every right to know how far he has served Nepalese interests. I don't think I am asking too much as a nepali. YOur argument that diplomats posted in Kathmandu are none of Nepal's business baffles me.
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| Nepche |
Posted
on 09-Jul-01 04:43 PM
LIC
Did you even UNDERSTAND what I said? Go back to my posting and tell me WHERE I said that what diplomats do is none of Nepal's business. Yes, every Nepali has the right and should take the initiative to know what foreign diplomats are doing; NO ARGUMENTS THERE. I was talking about the OBJECTIVES of diplomat Ralph Frank while in Nepal. You asked "did he make a difference to Nepal?" and thereby implied that he was there to make a difference. I said, and I repeat, that was not his objective.
Are you just having a bad day or are you losing your reading comprehension skills?
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