Mr. von Raab had just been fired by Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady for saying publicly that the Bush Administration was not serious in its war on drugs. He proves to be a most articulate and engaging guest, on a topic one might have thought had already been talked out. WFB: "Let me ask you why so bright a guy as Bill Bennett, whom you admire and whom I admire, why is he underwriting a scenario that is as synthetic as you insist this one is?" WvR: "No, I didn't say it was synthetic. I think the scenario is good. I don't think it will be carried out. I don't think the money is sufficient, and I don't think the bureaucracy will support it.... The State Department... has too many balls in the air, and they don't want to have their debt negotiations with Mexico skewered because of a wrangle over the drug traffic."