Zinni joins a long list of officials who have left or been ousted from Donald Trump's administration (AFP)
CBS: U.S. envoy working on Qatar dispute resigns from State Department
Anthony Zinni, a retired Marine Corps general and former head of U.S. Central Command who has been working as an envoy for the Trump administration to resolve a dispute with Qatar, has resigned from his position with the State Department. He is the latest four-star general to exit the administration.
Zinni resigned after realizing he could not help resolve the Qatar dispute "because of the unwillingness of the regional leaders to agree to a viable mediation effort that we offered to conduct or assist in implementing," he told CBS News. Zinni also felt there was no need for his involvement with the Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA) concept — a NATO-style security alliance — that he was asked to introduce to regional leaders, since other members of the administration are carrying it forward.
A senior State Department official described Zinni's departure as a "soft resignation."
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WNU Editor: He realized what everyone has been saying for the past year. Qatar's dispute with its neighbours is impossible to resolve.
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