Ancora da WikiLeaks, i giudizi americani su Max D’Alema che si apprestava a diventare ministro degli Esteri e provava senza successo a mostrarsi più moderato in caso di probabile vittoria del centrosinistra alle elezioni del 2006:
«D’Alema tried to strike a moderate tone, well aware that Washington is already apprehensive about what policy changes a Center Left government might bring.  But his ideological defaults as a former Communist were never far from the surface.  On the Middle East conflict, for example, he started out in fairly standard fashion, but before long had fallen into a well-worn groove of criticism of Israel. End Comment».