AIRPOWER!

I don’t have the numbers readily at hand but I would venture to offer that there have not been a large percantage of newly hired people in the FSO during the Bush years … so that would mean the people there have been working in that department for more years than GWB has been in office … it would be interesting to find out when the individuals raising all the fuss were first employed in the foreign service.

On the other hand, we should only be emloying people who will not sabotage their assignments because of their ideology.

Quick Solution:
Fire them NOW!

Fun Solution:
Have Donald Trump meet with the loudest whiners, explain the above, then say, “You’re FIRED!”

Even More Fun Solution:
Those that want to stay away from the heat can be assigned to Antartica to count penguins.

I know just how that baby in the picture feels. Everytime I see another injustice such as this and our various depts. in govn’t cave on the issue I just want to throw a tantrum (aka: hissy fit).

…at the time, the FS was totally dominated by Ivy Leaguers, mostly from Princeton. I wonder if the same holds true today.

The state department indeed is/was filled with our best and brightest. The Bushies have been doing whatever they can to fill it up with helluvajobers instead.

On November 13th, 2007 at 9:24 pm, trinitytim said:

Give them an order. Those that refuse to go, fire them all and do it today, not tomorrow.

Yep – ala Reagan and the air traffic controllers.

Also, IIRC, GWB did volunteer to go to Viet Nam, but they didn’t need his type of plane there. I don’t care either way. The man strapped himself into a plane that his detractors couldn’t even begin to think about flying.

I can only imagine the impression that would make on the Iraq people …

for them to see those disabled vets returning to Iraq to continue the fight to help in their becoming a Democracy would probably be an immeasurable and invaluable reinforcement to them of the United States commitment to their country succeeding …

lgm said:

Neither Bush nor Cheney were willing to put themselves in harms way in Vietnam. By contrast, both of their Democratic opponents (Gore, Kerry) actually were fired upon “in anger”. Even the swiftest swiftboaters admit that. Is MM saying that someone who is not willing to be in harm’s way has no business running the country?

Sometimes I think lgm stands for lacking grey matter … how about getting “all” the facts straight … Agreed Gore and Kerry were in the military … so was George Bush …

Bush’s unit was never called to active duty … but neither were thousands of other National Guard and reserve units … and many of the units called to active duty never went to Viet Nam … so he didn’t refuse to face being “fired upon in anger” … he simply was never asked to …

As for Cheney … in the beginnings of Viet Nam he was in college and had a student exemption … something which was available to virtually all college students … it was not what today’s left tries to portray it as … it was in fact only a deferment until completing school … it had to be renewed yearly and you had to maintain good standing in college or it was revoked … after he completed school he was reclassified 1-A but was never called by the draft board …

And lastly I noticed you conveniently didn’t bother to make any comment about the worst offender of all … good old BILLY BOY … he not only didn’t serve he was a DRAFT DODGER (coward is a better description) who left the country to keep from serving when he was called to active duty and then actually worked against the war from outside the United States … not quite to the level of Hanoi Jane … but anti-US all the same …

Amazing how the left always wants to condemn Bush and Cheney on this but never wants to even mention the fact that they were here had they been called upon to serve while their Clinton God Icon broke the law and ran from his responsibilities as a citizen of this country …