Comments on: Craig Murray http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/07/12/craig-murray/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:27:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tim Newman http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/07/12/craig-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-6819 Tim Newman Sun, 16 Jul 2006 05:28:08 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/07/12/craig-murray/#comment-6819 Oh, and for anyone who had heard of Uzbekistan before 9/11 and taken an interest in the place, it is pretty clear that Murray's outspoken behaviour was more a case of self-publicity than out of concern for the people of Uzbekistan. Nathan at <a href="http://www.registan.net/the_argus/" rel="nofollow">Registan</a> was all over Murray long before he became well known in the UK. Oh, and for anyone who had heard of Uzbekistan before 9/11 and taken an interest in the place, it is pretty clear that Murray’s outspoken behaviour was more a case of self-publicity than out of concern for the people of Uzbekistan. Nathan at Registan was all over Murray long before he became well known in the UK.

]]> By: Tim Newman http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/07/12/craig-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-6818 Tim Newman Sun, 16 Jul 2006 05:25:02 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/07/12/craig-murray/#comment-6818 <em>He was dismissed from his position after highlighting human rigts abuses by the governing regime, and has now written a book about his time there.</em> This is untrue. He was dismissed for doing a lousy job, partly because he was too busy publically criticising Islam Karimov. It is an essential part of the job that an ambassador does not make political or other judgements about the government of the country in which he is serving. An ambassador must maintain diplomatic relations consistent with his government's interest at all times, or else the entire diplomatic system breaks down. Murray was perfectly in his rights to complain about Karimov, but it was completely unacceptable that he did so from a position of ambassador. He should first have handed in his resignation, and then started his public criticism. He was dismissed from his position after highlighting human rigts abuses by the governing regime, and has now written a book about his time there.

This is untrue. He was dismissed for doing a lousy job, partly because he was too busy publically criticising Islam Karimov. It is an essential part of the job that an ambassador does not make political or other judgements about the government of the country in which he is serving. An ambassador must maintain diplomatic relations consistent with his government’s interest at all times, or else the entire diplomatic system breaks down.

Murray was perfectly in his rights to complain about Karimov, but it was completely unacceptable that he did so from a position of ambassador. He should first have handed in his resignation, and then started his public criticism.

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