Professional bureaucrats, especially ones in the State Department, deserve only scorn.
So sick of hearing about these pukes who’ve spent their entire adult life suckling on the teat of the American taxpayer.
Government should never be a career. Work in the private sector and spend a few years in government service. Then get lost and stay lost.
First as someone who has spent 28 years as an FSO and 8 years as a naval officer, I have put my life on the line for this country and don't deserve anyone's scorn. Whether it was serving in Vietnam during the Tet offensive or being in our embassy in Tehran when it was being overrun, I don't consider myself to be suckling at the teat of the American taxpayer. And I am a taxpayer as well. I don't need pukes like you demeaning my service or that of my colleagues.
We need a professional corps of government bureaucrats whether it is in the military, CIA, NSA, FBI, the Forest Service, etc.
I think your tagline--It must be noon, because I'm drunk somewhere.--says it all.