We will not lose our credibility by failing to sacrifice a generation of our young men.
Melanie Sloan, executive director of the nonpartisan Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said that Democratic House leaders were eroding their credibility by failing to address Mr. Rangel's behavior.
However, the Israeli involvement in targeted assassination will most likely escape international criticism, further undermining the United Nations' credibility for failing to hold both sides equally accountable for any breaches of security council resolutions.
Two spokesmen for the proposed new economic partnership with the West, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, have damaged their credibility by failing to press effectively for new elections in Zimbabwe.
Finally, Mr Panetta echoes, from the inside, a criticism levelled by foreign powers: that Mr Obama harmed American credibility by failing to enforce a "red line" against the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria.The problem is not a lack of intellect, Mr Panetta concludes, but of "fire".
Abdullah believes Mr. Bush has lost credibility by failing to follow through on his demand two weeks ago that Mr. Sharon withdraw Israeli troops from the West Bank and end the sieges of Yasir Arafat's compound in Ramallah and of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
"The North has destroyed Kim Dae Jung's diplomatic credibility by failing to show him even a minimum of respect lately, but it would be quite inaccurate still to call the sunshine policy a failure," said Ralph A. Cossa, the president of Pacific Forum, a Hawaii-based Asian affairs research group.
Not only did the Fed fail in its responsibility to identify and stop several of the threats that led to the crisis, it has further damaged its credibility by failing to fully account for how and why those catastrophic lapses occurred.
Republican National committee chairman Reince Priebus said on Monday the Obama administration "continues to lose credibility by failing to answer even the simplest questions".
Obama's red-line statement has become a point of debate, as some critics argue that it boxed the president into two bad choices: take no action and damage U.S. credibility by failing to back up a threat, or launch limited strikes that will do little to turn the tide in the war and will risk further destabilizing the volatile region.
