Plan: Use wounded troops if diplomats refuse service

WND ^ | November 2, 2007 | unknown

[Guenevere]

President....nothing less! :)

[null and void]

I suspect that our wounded soldiers would be respected more by the Iraqis than some snivelling diplomat.

Ya THINK?!?!?!

[null and void]

But many of these jobs can't just be filled by any wounded vet either.

True. But not every vet is any vet.

[null and void]

The State Department will never extend that invitation. They have to fire refuseniks.

I'm missing the downside here...

[donnab]

A State Department proposal to have “directed assignments” in Iraq caused an uproar among foreign service officers

Imagine that...expecting “foreign service officers”, to serve in a foreign land. The gall.

cough cough choke sputter.

[Oatka]

When I was out of college, I spent a very breif time in the State Dept. My thoughts? What a bureaucratic and politically correct load of Bull-crap the whole thing was.

A guy I worked with was a co-pilot with Air America in Vietnam. He decided to apply for a State job and filled out the forms. The clerk took one look at the forms and sniffed "You don't follow directions very well". When asked what he meant, he replied, "The directions CLEARLY state to place a check mark in the appropriate box. You entered an 'X'!"

The guy said he couldn't get out of there fast enough.

[George W. Bush]

blaquebyrd: I agree, it comes off as a cheap political stunt. There's no law that prevents veterans from applying for jobs in the federal government. I've never attended a job fair on a military installation where the feds weren't represented.

AFAIK, vets are still given some preference in hiring. It's been that way for a long long time.

To take this seriously, you'd have to contemplate turning away a military veteran who was willing to serve and who spoke Arabic and held an advanced degree in the history of the Middle East from a prestigious university and instead hire a soldier with no qualifications except his wounds. And many of our wounded vets have both subtle and gross brain injuries as well as needs for specialized medical care here in the States.

This is the sort of thing that sounds good until you really start to think about it.

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null and void: But not every vet is any vet.

True enough. We do have a Vatican-sized embassy to fill. There may be many who could qualify for those positions. But replacing the diplomatic corps with wounded combat soldiers who have no other qualifications for the job? No, ain't gonna happen.

If BushCo fires any current diplomats, they'll hire young college graduates to replace them, particularly those who have studied Arabic and the Middle East. Arab Christians who have been in this country more than a generation would make an excellent choice, BTW.

[BwanaNdege]

I suspect that our wounded soldiers would be respected more by the Iraqis than some sniveling diplomat.

There was a group of Vets who returned to Vietnam for humanitarian work. One who was making his first return trip found that his luggage was delayed. The remainder of the group was motioned through customs & immigration, leaving the new guy alone, nervously waiting for his luggage, with a Vietnamese soldier armed with an AK-47 standing by. One of the American's suitcases was filled with much needed humanitarian supplies that were, nevertheless, considered contra-ban by the Vietnamese government.

Finally the missing suitcases arrived. The American had on a tank-top T-shirt which revealed a large scar on his arm. As he collected his baggage, the Vietnamese soldier asked him if he had been in the war. When he replied, "Yes", the Vietnamese pointed at the scar and asked, "Did you get that in the war?"

When the American replied, "Yes", the Vietnamese told him to go on through, bypassing the dreaded customs inspection.

[Lancey Howard]

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[Earthdweller]

Good idea...purge the treasonous commie moles. Now if we could just release the grip they have on our Media, entertainment and our schools....

[Defiant]

That would prove their point, though, wouldn’t it?