U.S Diplomats, pledged to serve, at the request of the Secretary of State, anytime, any place in the world, yesterday balked at that place called Baghdad. Even the recent news by the Iraqi Islamic Party:Al Qaeda Is Defeated did not impress the envoys at calls for volunteers went unanswered and "directed assignments" were ordered to find 48 diplomats for Iraq.
Complaining that Baghdad is "a potential death sentence," a 46-year Foreign Service veteran. "Any other embassy in the world would be closed by now," spoke to applause at a town hall meeting held by Harry K. Thomas Jr., the director general of the Foreign Service. Since 2003, diplomats have sustain three KIA's.
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker called for the envoys to quit their belly aching and saddle up: "You're entitled to your own views, but ... you're under an oath to serve, and people need to just go forward and do that."
Harry K. Thomas Jr., the director general of the Foreign Service, called for volunteers:
"We have 250 jobs to fill in the summer of '08 in Iraq," he said. "We have filled a little over 200." Thomas reminded the hell no we won't go envoys that "Every member of the Foreign Service, there can be no doubt, has agreed to worldwide availability. Every member . . . has taken an oath to the flag and the country."
Voting their safety over Victory against the Vampire Orcs, envoys are "in the wrong line of business" Ambassador Crocker commented.
