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Fresh_Start Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 07:05 PM
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State department should not compel service in Iraq
without the company of the Congress being compelled to hold session in Iraq for a year. Lets see how many Congressman are A-OK with the Iraq mission if they themselves are part of it every single day.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 07:16 PM
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1. If the State Department
is chock full of chickenshit chickenhawk, poorly educated, not very good in their current field bush syncophants, I'd say ship everyone of the motherfuckers to Fallujah. If they got their jobs solely through blind loyalty to bush, let them get what they deserve.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 08:03 PM
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2. The career diplomats are not necessarily BushBots. Be nice. nt
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hack89 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 08:12 PM
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4. According to freepers
the state department is full of chickenshit chickenhawk, poorly educated, not very good in their current field Clinton hold overs. I suspect the truth is somewhere in between.
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 08:47 PM
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6. The Foreign Service people are career GSers and NOT political in their jobs
They serve the nation regardless of who is president.

Nonetheless, many diplomatic types RESIGNED from their jobs as soon as it was clear the invasion of Iraq was about to happen. Most of the current Foreign Service was opposed to the invasion.

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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 08:11 PM
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3. Excellent suggestion- I would only add the following improvement:
Their families are required to join them there and
if their children are healthy and of age, they will
join our boys and girls in uniform while mom and
dad do congressional business in Iraq.

Whaddya say?
Can we add that clause to your proposal?

BHN
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24HRrnr Donating Member (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 08:36 PM
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5. How 'bout they be required to
honor their contracts?

They do have the option, legally, of resigning at any time.

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