Inasmuch as "Foggy Bottom" has been a bastion of left-wing drivel for more than a century, wouldn't you say that it has been a permanent cesspool in all that time?
How could you go about a 'thorough cleaning from top to bottom' of an un-American institution which has been thus for more than 100 years? A better solution involves 'Carthage protocols', I'm afraid...
the infowarrior
Cleaning out the State Dept. means promoting a pro-America mentality in the first place, something long forgotten except by Reagan (and he inherited the mental assholes of Carter, Vance, Brezinski, and Warren, 4 of the biggest losers and cowards in modern American history).
I knew some very dedicated State Dept. people, esp. during Vietnam, but LBJ’s McNamara retreat advisors wiped out the sacrifices our men and women made.
First rule: No donor nominations for Ambassador. Only those who can speak the language of the country to which they are being assigned, and who know where it is.
Second rule: better intelligence from the SD’s intell units. You’ve got to know everything you can about a country that you are dealing with.
Third: Personnel: No drunks, sex addicts or weirdos as employees.
Fourth: NO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!
Fifth: Total force protection for every embassy and/or consulate.
Sixth: The Carthage Option. Level the place, salt it, and start over again. Worked for Rome, didn’t it?