Breakthrough idea. Start today.
Here is the man we need in charge in DC.
The State Dept. is full of pinko careerists anyway.
Oh, man ya gotta love this!!!
GO HUNTER!!!!!
I’m Lol’ing over here.
Perhaps I should send another Franklin.
And, this is the first time I’ve ever mentioned anyone on the list of Presidential hopefuls on FR.
Outstanding statement.
PING
Hunter sees a problem and finds a solution. I like it!
This is a wonderful idea, but don’t think for a single second that George TROP Bush and his fellow travelers over at Mohammedan Central at Foggy Bottom would ever want any of our warriors representing this country to Islam! It might upset their tender sensitivities.
The election can’t come soon enough!
This is why Congressman Hunter should be President Thompson’s Secretary of Defense!!
Great idea. LOL
Flush the striped-pants cookie-pushers from Foggy Bottom and send in some real American heroes.
http://careers.state.gov/specialist/selection.html
It is number 7 that will hurt the folks at Walter Reed.
Those whiners at State are an embarassment! If they don’t want to go they can quit their cushy GS positions and go get a real jay-oh-bee and stop living off our tee-ay-ex-ee-esses!
I agree. Get rid of every worthless diplomatic corps/State Dept toady who refuses to serve in Iraq..Why keep them? They are worse than useless.
I was listening to these people moaning on the radio today as I was watching people leaving their factory jobs down the street. Most of them would gladly switch places with these "reluctant Nellies" to get a good paying government job.
Okay not just a brilliant Idea for our courageous vets but a political bomb that will blow up in the faces of the dems if they don’t pass it.
As an active duty Foreign Service officer, I do believe in the “worldwide availability” nature of our profession. Most FSOs respect that requirement also. So far, to date, over a thousand FSOs have volunteered for duty in Iraq. This year marks the first time that any positions in Iraq have remained unfilled as the annual assignments season gets into high gear. The Department is indicating it may “direct” (order) non-volunteers into those positions if no more volunteers come forward. I think this is justifiable and should come as no surprise to anyone in the FS. The jobs are there; it’s important work; and the State Department needs to fulfill its commitments in Iraq as the US military has been fulfilling theirs.
I think my fellow Freepers should take the criticism levied at Director General Thomas yesterday with a grain of salt. The FS is accustomed to internal discussion and debate, and its true that it’s been a very long time since assignments were directed into an active combat zone. But I have no doubt that all (or almost all) FSOs that may end up being directed to Iraq will indeed go there. Sure, there’s a lot of criticism of Bush and Rice at the State Department, as there is throughout the foreign policy establishment in Washington (and that includes plenty of Republicans, folks). But the overwhelming majority of US professional diplomats are highly patriotic and mission-oriented, and they do view it as our duty to fill these posts in Iraq.
That’s the straight truth from inside the Foreign Service.
This really is a WOW. I wish you guys wouldn’t hit Thompson so hard, I don’t see how Hunter makes the presidential nomination. But think of Hunter as a strong (Cheney like) VP for 4 or 8 years then another 8 as President.
Excellent, he is the guy to clean up Foggy Bottom and it sure is due a good cleaning. If Hillary, Obama, Rudy, Fred, or Mitt had said this, you couldn’t pry the media away from this story with a crowbar. But see how far the story goes since it is Hunter.