[kabar]

As a are retired foreign service officer who served in hardship and danger posts, including in Iran during the fall of the Shah and the arrival of Khomeini, I am ashamed of such a response from many of my former colleagues. Many foreign service officers have lost their lives in the service of their country. The current crop dishonors their memory.

Part of the problem is that many FSOs today have never served in the military. I am a Vietnam vet with 8 years of military service and most of the FSOs I served with when I entered in 1972 had military service. They understood that their job could involve being exposed to dangerous situations. Since the end of WWII, more ambassadors have been killed in the line of duty than generals. Our embassies have been blown up around the globe and many US diplomats killed or injured. This sounds more like a political statement than anything else. Shame.

[skinkinthegrass]

thank you...for your honorable service....not these "people"

[sharpee]

A class mate of mine was in Iran when it fell. He was a guest of the new regime until Nixon took office.